Headroom – New Premises in Farnham

Suzanne and I had a very uplifting evening at the grand opening of Headroom’s new premises in Farnham on June 24th.

Headroom is a mental health charity which seeks to help young people, their parents and their carers. Started by Sue Evans from a shed in her garden it later moved to Aldershot before outgrowing that space and now opening in Farnham. They offer a range of free therapeutic services that are specifically designed to meet the growing mental health crisis and alleviate pressure on local services and improve the quality of life for those they help. We heard some lived experiences from people the charity has helped and we spoke to a number of the team and the trustees who work so heard to help those in crisis.

As a Trustee of the Community Foundation, I was aware that we awarded a grant to Headroom last year which paid for over 150 one-to-one sessions which had positively benefited 33 people. They help young people aged form 11 to 25 and their parents and carers which is important as statutory help often ends at age 18, and also there is no limit to the number of sessions they will provide.

We were escorted round and introduced to everyone by Nichola Clark (Chair of Trustees) and the Mayor of Farnham and I myself gave short speeches celebrating both the achievements to date and the fact the larger premises will enable them to greatly increase the number of services they provide and young people they can support.   

Visit the Website at; https://www.headroomcharity.co.uk

You can also read my speech HERE

Suzanne, Sue Evans, me and Nichola Clark.

The Headroom Team.