PROSPEX
Name of project: Prospex
Aim: To support and empower young people to realise their potential
Funding: Launched with £70,000 from Children in Need, with ongoing funding from a variety of sources including trust funds and personal donations
Lee Henry is 24 and came into contact with Prospex when he was about 15. "I was a little rugrat round the flats and nicking stuff and they came and helped me," he says.
Lee is just one of the young people to be helped by the charity, which works with 11- to 21-year-olds in the Caledonian Road area of north King's Cross.
Detached youth work is at the heart of the project's approach, says founder Matt Calvert. "That's where we started from, working on the streets and building relationships," he says. "We start at the point a young person is at and deal with their particular issues."
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