iGNITE!

 Engage – Empower – Transform

We believe in the power of community so  we build communities of change around young peoples’ interests and needs.  We believe a healthy community draws people to itself, changes individuals and empowers them to impact their environment. Within these communities, positive relationships develop and barriers fall. 

 our Vision

We build a community of young people with the aim of engaging and empowering them in order to ignite change. We want to create a community in which young people have the confidence and self-belief to make positive changes and transform their lives.

The Journey

Our youth workers are committed to journeying with young people, many of whom are at-risk, marginalised or face barriers to  achieving success in life. 

The three stages of the journey may take years but we are about long-term commitment: 

• Engagement: making meaningful contact with young people through activity and education-based programmes; 
• Empowerment: challenging values and behaviour and equipping young people with the tools, resources and opportunities to make positive choices in their current situations;
• Transformation: supporting young people to change the direction of their lives away from negative influences and raising aspirations, set goals for the future and support them into long-term transformation.

Method

• We listen to young people so that they inform how we work;
•  We offer projects that young people are enthusiastic about getting involved with
• We constantly evaluate our work based on the outcomes for our young people
• We work  holistically in 1:1 mentoring to set goals and overcome obstacles so that our young people have lifelong skills relevant to them
• We develop small group sessions  that are flexible to the needs of our young people 
• We welcome young people from the diverse communities within Harrow
• We work collaboratively with other organisations to ensure that we build the best possible pathways for our young people

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom"

 Viktor E. Frankl

This space is where we work!