Take a look to see all our new services and the incredible impact we’ve made over the past year. We’re proud of the progress we’ve achieved in supporting young people’s mental health, as well as providing valuable support to parents through our parent groups. A…
To view the ‘Psychotherapy Annual Report – 2022-2023
As a charity focusing on adolescent mental health and wellbeing, our tagline is that we’re ‘Here for Young People’. Of course, it’s much more than just a tagline. It’s about being present in a way that answers young people’s needs and helps them find solutions…
53 years of compassionate trailblazing We’ve always felt privileged to be able to continue the innovative work pioneered by our founder, Dr. Faith Spicer. In 1969 she combined contraceptive advice with counselling and psychotherapy to provide a specialist service that put young people’s needs at…
Julia Brown Why is International Women’s Day important to you? This is such an important day for me. So many women and girls continue to face barriers to fulfil their potential. In these unprecedented times, young women face unique challenges in relation to their confidence,…
Emma Saunders Why is International Women’s Day important to you? My Dad was my hero – he always taught me that I could achieve anything that I put my mind to, he encouraged me and by believing in me, he helped me to believe in,…
Arsenal in the Community has been running the national Kicks Programmes (run by 92 professional football clubs across the UK) since 2006, with the aim of keeping young people away from anti-social behaviour, drugs, and crime. In 2019 the team secured additional funding from the…
On Saturday September 4th Brandon Centre opened its doors and garden to the public as part of the Open House London Festival 2021. Our team of staff and Young Ambassadors welcomed over 50 visitors interested in finding out more about the history of our building…
We’re thrilled that our bid to the National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities England programme has successfully secured £197,400 in funding over two years, for Brandon Centre to run our new ‘BWell’ coaching pilot. The Reaching Communities programme offers funds for organisations that work…
Last October, we launched a new integrated service with the NHS adolescent team at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). We spoke to Lizzie Wortley, lead Paediatric Registrar, and Joe Burton, Project Manager about what makes this new service so innovative and important. What is UCLH…
We ended the year with a flurry of activity to submit tenders for our most important contracts and I’m delighted to confirm that we’ve been successful in securing our Mental Health – Minding the Gap – contract with Camden, our core borough. It’s a fantastic…