Our Charity.
ACE is a local charity that delivers solution focused individual and group work for young people aged 10 to 25 experiencing poor emotional health. It works with young people to support them to improve their emotional health and well being and to build resilience.
We are based at 18 Sun Street Lancaster
How You Can Get Involved
Call 07468600903 to Donate Or Contact Us to get Involved
Reception and Admin
You will be meeting and greeting our service users at the door and ensuring they get to the right team member for their session. This reasonably straightforward role may also involve light admin tasks such as labelling envelopes. Occasionally there may be a hot drink to be made for a parent or carer. Usually early evenings Mon or Weds for 3 hours.
Social Media
Facebook and tweeting all take up time sweet time!! If you fancy giving our social media lady a hand as an admin on a site or simply by posting and sharing, we have a tidy set of guidelines for you to follow to keep us all safe in the online world. Obligation is for as little or as much as you like!!
Charity Directors/Trustees
We currently have a vacancy for a finance director. If you have skills in this areas and would like to be on the board of directors or become a volunteer for ACE or need more information, please get in touch!
A DBS check and a small amount of mandatory safeguarding training are necessary for all the above roles.
We can offer references, info for your CV, support and training and a great group of new colleagues.
You can contact us via our contact form HERE
or admin@a-c-e.org.uk for further details.
What We Do
A.C.E. supports young people to improve their emotional/mental health. Our Emotional Health Practitioners mainly work with young people individually. We also run some groups and work with the family if it will support the progress of the young person. We do not have a set programme of work but will listen to the young person, assess their needs, identify goals and support them to improve their emotional health and build resilience.
Our Story
A.C.E. was founded in 2008 following a piece of research with vulnerable young people about their needs. A.C.E was designed by young people and young people continue to be involved in its development. In 2011 A.C.E. became a registered charity and has slowly grown over the years.
About Us
As a charity A.C.E provides emotional health and wellbeing therapy free of charge, however, additional services are available to purchase for organisations and educational establishments. We offer a one to one service but where appropriate groups may be catered for. Please contact us at confidential.a-c-e.org.uk for further information.
WHAT WE DO
A.C.E. delivers solution focussed interventions to suit the needs of individuals or groups. Our trained and experienced workers use discussions, Games, Art and Craft, Drama and Role Play, to increase resilience and improve emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
This service is currently available for young people aged 10 -25 in the Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth, Kirkham and Fleetwood and takes place in schools, GP surgeries and community settings.
We are seeking funds to extend the service to other areas and to children and adults.
Young people referred to the service are offered either individual support or group work to tackle the causes of poor emotional health and wellbeing and are encouraged to set goals to overcome them and build resiliance
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Individual support uses a variety of solution focused methods to encourage the young person or adult to identify and tackle the causes of poor emotional health and wellbeing and set goals to overcome them and build resilience.
The current support available includes Active Listening techniques using
art
drama or games
Life coaching
Counselling
Integrated Eye Movement Therapy.
Young people identify being listened to and challenged to think differently. It is not only a pleasant experience but motivates them to change things in their attitude and behaviour which improves their well being and builds resilience.
PEER SUPPORT GROUPS
The Peer Support Group supports young people to improve their social and emotional skills, by focusing on different capabilities of social and emotional health. The participants build on existing strengths and develop new skills and abilities, change attitudes and motivation.
They learn to support each other within the group and extend this to other young people outside the group. Young people that have taken part identify increased confidence and self esteem, better relationships with friends and families, reduced use of alcohol or drugs, reduced self harming behaviours and increased resilience.
ACE Gives Young People with poor emotional/mental Health a Voice
We gain the views of the young people we work with on a variety of mental health issues.
We support young people to access other services.
WHO WE WORK WITH
A.C.E. works with young people aged 10 –25 within Lancaster District and Fylde and Wyre who need support with their emotional health and wellbeing and who:
Do not reach the CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) criteria for referral
Are waiting for specialist mental health intervention and need current support
Have completed specialist intervention but need short term additional support
A.C.E. works with young people that are suffering from:
anxiety or stress
are, or have been bullied
having difficulty coping with their emotions
have been involved in a domestic/violent situation
have difficult family situations
have friendship difficulties
have relationship difficulties
have low mood or have low self esteem or confidence.
With the young persons consent A.C.E. also works with parents/carers and families, where appropriate, to improve emotional health.
WHY WE DO IT
Positive emotional health and wellbeing supports general health and achievement in life. Evidence shows that focusing on supporting emotional and social development can have a positive long term impact. We have evidence that our work makes a positive difference to the lives of the young people we work with by:
Improving emotional health and wellbeing
Improving Low Mood
Increasing self-esteem
Improving confidence
Building resilience
Improving relationships
Enabling them to better manage their emotions
Enabling them to better manage their behaviour
Reduce Anxiety
This results in better school attendance and achievement, better support network and more friends, improved family relationships, a reduction or ceasing of self harming behaviours and a more active lifestyle and community involvement.
HOW WE DO IT
We are:
Non-judgemental
Supportive
Accessible
Qualified and experienced
Committed to putting children, young people and families at the heart of our work
Fully safeguarding compliant
Active listening
Coaching skills
Group work skills
Solution focused goal setting
Supported & Funded By
News & Updates
ACE meets Pudsey Bear
Ace workers, along with some children and their family met Pudsey Bear today. They were also interviewed, live, for the Graham Liver breakfast show on radio Lancashire. ACE receives two grants from Children in Need which has enabled us to support many young people to...
Thank You Bill Hodgson
Massive THANK YOU to Bill Hodgson and 21st Century Motors who raised £1259.64 for Ace with their fantastic 24 hour car flip.
NEW FUNDING from The National Lottery Awards for All
Thank you to the National Lottery Awards For All for funding a new triage post for Ace . This means that we will have increased capacity to assess young people's needs more quickly.
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