Our team of staff and volunteers are dedicated to ensuring care experienced young people have a place where they can feel safe, heard, valued, and supported. We provide a sense of family and a community of ongoing, unconditional support that young people can access whenever they need to.
At our modern, bright and welcoming centre, the Hut, we offer a variety of services and activities throughout the year for young people who are transitioning from care to independence, children and young people in care, care experienced adults and kinship carers.
Our aim is for children and young people to lead the way, and we tailor our support according to each person’s needs and circumstances. We work sensitively and empathically with individuals at their chosen pace and for as long as they need us.
Our work focuses on seven key areas:
- Increasing confidence and self-esteem
- Enhancing life skills to support independence
- Developing healthy, positive relationships
- Enabling engagement in positive activities and events
- Creating a safe, secure network where young people feel wanted and valued
- Improving the lives of carers and kinship carers
- Raising awareness and advocating for young people in care.
Find out more about how children and young people can become involved with Roots.
Our current drop-in timetable
As well as one-to-one support, bespoke workshops, school holiday activities and cultural celebration events, we run a schedule of weekly and monthly after-school staffed drop-in sessions for children and young people in care, care leavers and kinship carers, throughout school term-time.
Tuesday:
Alternates every other week between:
- 5:00pm to 6:30pm – King’s Trust qualification
- 5:00pm to 7:00pm – Older youth group (17 to 21 year olds)
Wednesday:
- 10:00 to 12:00pm – Carers coffee morning
Alternates every other week between:
- 5:00pm to 7:00pm – Girls’ group (12 to 16 year olds)
- 6:00pm to 8:00pm – Boys’ group (12 to 16 year olds)
Thursday:
- 4:30pm to 5:30pm – Younger group (4 to 11 year olds)
- 6:00pm to 7:30pm – Youth group (12 to 16 year olds)
Monthly activities:
We run a monthly film night on the last Friday of every month chosen by the children and young people. A meal and snacks such as popcorn are also provided.
Find out more about our drop-in support groups, youth groups and carer and kinship carer group or get in touch if you are interested in coming along to these sessions.
Our Story
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What we do
