PROJECT
Thrive Outside
PURPOSE
To enable meaningful change for children experiencing emotional, behavioural and social difficulties
FUNDING
Charity Free to Be Kids, which delivers Thrive Outside, is supported by grants and in-kind support from a range of businesses and charitable trusts. A £72,000 grant from the Mayor's Fund for London will help pay for the first full-time project worker for Thrive Outside. London boroughs and schools pay around 25 per cent of the cost for each child attending the scheme
BACKGROUND
Mike Gee set up Free to Be Kids with two colleagues after working with vulnerable children and their families for 17 years - 11 as a qualified social worker. "I felt work with vulnerable children needed to focus on strengths as well as risks," he says. "We need to build their resilience, and help them gain a stronger sense of who they are even when their life is difficult." The Thrive Outside scheme offers children and young people the chance to take part in therapeutic residential trips with a focus on outdoor activities.
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