Families and Young People
Criminal Justice

Discover Programme

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A specialist service that provides mentoring and support interventions to support young people who are engaging in community anti-social behaviour or other risky behaviours.

Who is the service for?

Referrals can be made directly to our Children and Young Person's team at Barca-Leeds. Please download a referral form and return it to cypreferrals@barca-leeds.org

The Discover Programme is a specialist service that provides mentoring and support interventions to support young people to address and reduce the risk factors in their lives enabling them to lead healthier happier lives.

What we offer

We work with young people, aged 8 to 16 in Seacroft and Manston, who are engaging in community anti-social behaviour or other risky behaviours, are excluded from school and at risk of child criminal exploitation.

The project works closely with individuals most in need to re-engage them with their peers, school and family by using the following interventions:

  • one-to-one mentoring work,
  • advocacy in the school,
  • emotion coaching,
  • detached youth work, and
  • support to access other community youth work.

Get in Touch

For more information on our Discover Programme, please contact Amanda via email or give us a call on 0113 255 9582.

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