Project name: UpStream Youth Counselling with CashBack for Communities
Age range: 10-25 years
Bethany UpStream with CashBack for Communities is a community-based, youth-centred and trauma-informed project providing counselling and mental health support for young people aged 10-25 in Glasgow’s East End. We work with young people facing a wide range of mental health and emotional wellbeing challenges, including anxiety, trauma, low mood, emotional distress, and difficulty attending school. Some are at risk of, or already involved in, antisocial or offending behaviour. The project supports young people to build emotional resilience and coping skills, using early support and intervention to help create lasting, positive change and reduce the risk of harm, offending, and homelessness later in life.
The service is free, accessible, flexible, and centred on the needs of each young person. We support young people who face barriers to accessing help, and we work closely alongside statutory services such as social work, child and adolescent mental health services, and general practice, as well as schools and community partners. Young people are referred by schools, families, and partner organisations.
The project is delivered year-round, and young people can access one-to-one counselling, group work, family support, and tailored therapeutic support based on their needs. The team includes counsellors, therapists, a clinical psychologist, and a community and families link worker. Our link worker helps young people connect with further support, education, training, volunteering, and other local services.
We work alongside a wide range of local partners to provide consistent, joined-up support that helps young people move forward and sustain positive change.
Local authority areas:
Glasgow City
