The two-year project, funded with a £784,000 grant by the Department for Education up until March 2015, will work in Hampshire, Leeds and Hackney in London to support vulnerable 13-to 19-year-olds through youth information advice and counselling services. These specialise in offering drop-in, first-contact advice.
The project, called Right 2B Safe, will aim to intervene early when young people contact the services with concerns over abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation, self-harm, violence and homelessness. It hopes to reach at least 1,000 young people.
Barbara Rayment, director of Youth Access, said: “The child protection system is failing to protect older teenagers. We believe young people have a right to be safe.
“There is an important role to be played by voluntary sector advice and counselling agencies that can engage with vulnerable young people on their terms and respond with targeted interventions and a multi-disciplinary approach,” she added.
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