Changing the landscape of youth mental health.
Young people are falling through fragmented systems.
Support often exists in disconnected parts: schools under pressure, services stretched, thresholds rising, community spaces disappearing and young people waiting until crisis. The issue is not only lack of programmes — it is lack of connected infrastructure.
young people experience symptoms of anxiety or depression
of local CAMHS referrals aged 11–18 reported as rejected
cuts to youth services in England and Wales
We are building a system that changes the landscape of youth mental health.
A whole-system approach to wellbeing.
A connected pathway that meets young people before crisis, during support and beyond intervention.
Belonging before crisis
Positive community, participation projects and visible trusted adults so every young person can find connection before needs escalate.
Support where young people already are
Drop-ins, listening spaces and staff embedded in schools and community spaces so support feels familiar, safe and reachable.
Earlier help, faster response
Identifying needs early, building resilience and preventing young people from waiting until crisis before receiving help.
Targeted support for emerging needs
Bespoke programmes, mentoring and interventions for young people who need focused support but may not meet external thresholds.
Specialist pathways with relationship
Connecting young people and families into specialist support while maintaining long-term relational care alongside and beyond intervention.
The overlap is the strategy.
Schools, community and church are not separate workstreams. They are the connected infrastructure that keeps young people seen, known and supported.
Schools
Embedded relational presence, early identification and coordinated wellbeing support.
Community
Drop-ins, sport, dance, arts and safe spaces where belonging is experienced beyond school.
Church
Long-term relationships, identity, purpose and pathways into faith, discipleship and leadership.
The projects that make the system work.
Each project is a doorway into the wider pathway — creating belonging, trust, early support and long-term connection.
Overflow Wellbeing Centres
Embedded Relational Support Workers coordinating wellbeing, mentoring, listening spaces and targeted pathways in partnership with schools.
Overflow Dance
A creative wellbeing pathway helping young people find confidence, expression, friendship and long-term support.
Overflow Football
A physical activity pathway that engages young people, especially those less likely to access traditional wellbeing support.
Overflow Create
Creative projects that help young people process emotions, build self-worth and access relational support through making and expression.
Drop-ins & Community Hubs
Community-based spaces where young people can belong, be known and stay connected to support outside school hours.
When support is relational and connected, outcomes change.
From falling through gaps to finding belonging.
A young person is noticed before crisis.
Trusted adults build relationship over time.
The right support becomes accessible.
They are linked into community and belonging.
Confidence, resilience and purpose grow.