Surrey Wellbeing Partnership.

Surrey Wellbeing Partnership is a consortium of 13 charities with a common goal of providing emotional well-being and mental health services in Surrey as part of the Mindworks Surrey alliance for Surrey County Council and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board. In its first four years it has held 272,170 support sessions, both one-to-one and targeted groups.

The services are provided by Barnado’s, The east to west Trust, the Eikon charity, Emerge Advocacy, Learning Space, Leatherhead Youth project, the National Autistic Society, Peer Productions, Searchlight, Step by Step Partnership, Surrey Care Trust, The Matrix Trust and YMCA East Surrey.

I was delighted to be asked to speak about my NEET initiative and to congratulate SWP on their amazing work. They encapsulate what I believe is necessary in helping our young people by both encouraging collaboration and cooperation between organisations, and also by targeting early intervention to help reduce both the social and economic cost that can otherwise be incurred.

From my years with the Community Foundation for Surrey and Guildford Philanthropy I have previously helped fund a number of these charities and this year, as High Sheriff, I have been to visit most of them and see the incredible work they undertake in our Community.