Well, what a year 2024 has been! Together we’ve run nearly 30 residential projects, provided thousands of homecooked meals and delivered over 1,500 days of adventure and love to children who really need it. 2025 is going to be a BIG year. Our first ever winter Thrive Outside projects in February, aims to grow the Mentoring Programme, recruiting some exciting new faces to make all this happen, and with your help, continue raising the money, delivering the projects, and bringing the love, joy and happiness that make our projects so special. In advance, THANKYOU. 🧡
Free To Be Kids
Mental Health Care
Waterloo, England 755 followers
Supporting childhoods with nature, nurture & love 🌿
About us
Our projects help children with particularly difficult childhoods to develop their stories about who they are, and who they can be. Free to Be Kids provides immersive, and horizon-broadening experiences and respite for particularly vulnerable children though residential respite breaks, overnight adventures and London based mentoring. Our projects are designed to work for children who might otherwise struggle to find the confidence to be adventurous, who might be too anxious to reach out and make new friends, or who might usually deal with setbacks by becoming angry or upset. We work with schools, housing associations, social services and other organisations to reach some of London’s most disadvantaged children. We believe that every child deserves to experience joy and adventure within their childhood. Many of the children we work with grow up feeling rejected, excluded or as if they are ‘failing’. Our work helps children to feel wanted, special, valued and successful, often for the first time in a long time - ultimately changing how vulnerable children think and feel about themselves. Free to Be benefits from several thousand hours of volunteer support each year. We are always looking for new volunteers to join our team - we believe they bring unique qualities to our work – their individual passions, creativity and commitment - and that these qualities are, in large part, what makes our work so special.
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http://www.freetobekids.org.uk
External link for Free To Be Kids
- Industry
- Mental Health Care
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Waterloo, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Child emotional health, Social care, nature based play, Volunteering, Mentoring, and Youth work
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
1 Coral Street
Waterloo, England SE1 7BE, GB
Employees at Free To Be Kids
Updates
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What are Journey Projects? Targeted support for young people (ages 14-16) with entrenched negative self-narratives. Through 6 small group residential sessions over 18 months, they provide engaging activities, one-on-one coaching, and group reflection to help at-risk young people to build confidence and improve mental well-being. Find out more https://lnkd.in/eCwBagC9 Remember you can still donate to our festive appeal! Click here: https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H
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From attending our projects, our children reported: 😊 100% improved social skills 💪 91% trying something they thought was impossible 🧡 94% improved indicators of self esteem Help more children thrive in 2025! Donate to our festive appeal by clicking this link https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H
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We believe that every childhood should be full of joy and adventure, but sadly not all children can access this. We support London's most vulnerable young people by offering them a safe space to play, rebuild their confidence and their emotional health and just be children. Support our festive appeal and help raise vital funds to support vulnerable children to participate in our Thrive Outside project in 2025. Click the link to donate today: https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H
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Ditch the cards this festive season! • Help the environment • Fill hungry tummies on our projects for the cost of a few packs of cards Make a meaningful difference. Donate now and bring joy to those who need it most! https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H 🎄
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The wonderful team at AXIS (AXIS Capital) have raised over £400 towards our Christmas Appeal. They are our superstar fundraisers! ⭐ Could you do some festive fundraising and give the gift of joy this Christmas? Host a Christmas Jumper day at work, do a bake sale at your university or run 5k around your office. There are so many ways to fundraise! For more information please visit: https://lnkd.in/ezdNmpgh
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Big News! We're #hiring an additional Youth Worker to help support us in our work to transform the most vulnerable London children's mental health via joy, adventure and the outdoors! We'd love it if you could share this post with your network.
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You can fundraise in so many ways to support our festive appeal this year! Why not swap Christmas cards for donations, sell festive cakes, or organise a festive dress-up (or down!) at work or school? Every penny you raise will help children transform their mental health. https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H
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Thank you so much to everyone who pledged donations or started fundraising for our festive appeal! Every penny raised will power our incredible 2025 projects designed to bolster damaged emotional health and create happy childhood memories for vulnerable London children. Scan the QR code or click here for more information: https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H
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Do you remember the little things that made your childhood special? Like your mum making you your favourite meal, stories at bedtime or the excitement of Christmas morning? Unfortunately, not all children get to experience these moments because of challenges like poverty and neglect. Please support our festive appeal and help us transform lives and create happy childhood memories for disadvantaged London children. https://lnkd.in/ek4Yt3_H
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