Wellness and Wellbeing
The Foundation supports a number of projects to support the wellness and well-being of young people in Bedfordshire.
Youthscape, a Luton based charity working with young people aged 11 and above provides a wide range of programmes and events focused on young people’s social and emotional well-being.
Youthscape supports young people facing big issues that have a negative effect on their lives – affecting their education, their emotional wellbeing and their motivation for making the best of their future. Their work concentrates on where the biggest difference can be made to these outcomes – mental health, social and educational disengagement. The Connolly Foundation has donated £175,000 to be paid over three years towards the running of Youthscape in Luton.
The foundation funded a group of Luton organisations, large and small, through the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Fund to work together to help disaffected young people and their families. The group of some 15 or so charities and projects include the Level Trust, the Foodbank, Families United Network, Autism Beds, Stepping Stones and Flying Start.
