STEP (Swindon)

Providing support and life skills development & learning opportunities for children & young people within the borough of Swindon who have considerable vulnerabilities, including sufferers of physical, emotional abuse and, or neglect, primary family carers, self-harmers, those in care, with mental health issues, experiencing poverty and deprivation, as well as isolation and exclusion due to either circumstances or behaviour.
Programmes include support for young people suffering poor mental health. Young people presenting as socially isolated, having poor self-esteem, a sense of self-loathing, suffering anxiety, and exhibiting self-harming behaviours causing disconnection from family, peers, and their wider communities.
Interventions focus on raising self-esteem, expressing feelings and emotions appropriately, avoiding self-blame and recognising positive qualities and the importance of emotional well-being.