PROJECT
Integrate
PURPOSE
To improve the psychological wellbeing of marginalised 16- to 25-year-olds
FUNDING
Projects cost between £300,000 and £500,000 annually, funded through charitable trusts and partnerships with statutory services
BACKGROUND
Charity MAC-UK was founded by clinical psychologist Dr Charlie Howard, and grew out of her frustration at marginalised young people continually missing appointments. She used her experience of working with New York gangs to reach this group, "hanging out" for six months on an estate in Camden, north London, to build relationships, then seeking young people's help in developing a project to engage them and their peers. "Through spending time with them, conversations you could describe as therapeutic were able to take place in informal, non-pressured, non-stigmatised ways," explains charity chief executive, Sinem Cakir.
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