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A YOUNG people’s charity has recently welcomed three new members to its team; Pat Meadowcroft, Andrea Caplin and Vanessa O’Donnelly.
Pat will support two of Soulscape’s projects in schools; The Lounge, and Mentoring.
The Lounge is a lunchtime club in schools that provides space for young people who want somewhere to relax and play games.
It’s also a place where they will always find someone to talk to, and who will listen to them.
Michelle McLeish from Soulscape says: “With The Lounge, our strapline is ‘come as you are’.
“Young people come along and we all have lunch together, play games and talk about whatever it is that they want or need to talk about.
“We currently have seven Lounge groups running in school each week.”
Pat will be supporting the group leaders, the volunteers, and the day to day running of The Lounge.
Her other role is to support the Mentoring teams, who work with individual pupils, and are, effectively, their champions.
“Working with young people in this way feels like it’s a privilege to be in their space,” says Michelle.
“Soulscape is growing bigger, so we are delighted to have Andrea and Vanessa join us too.
“Andrea is taking care of our administration, and also looks after our bakers and cake makers.
“And Vanessa is our project co-ordinator, who handles the logistics and planning of all our projects.
We’re so delighted that all three have joined us, and very lucky to have them.”
Soulscape creates space for young people to enable them to reflect, ask big questions, explore what’s going on inside, and creatively express their own ideas.
For more information about the charity log onto: www.soulscape.org.uk
