From Harm to Hope: A New Model for Real Change
Our NEW Appropriate Intervention Plus Model™ empowers young people to disrupt cycles of harm and rebuild their future—step by step, stage by stage.
Welcome to Streets of Growth
Where Appropriate Intervention Transforms the Trajectories of Harmed Young Lives
Founded in 2001, we are a dynamic grassroots charity at the forefront of transforming the lives of young people aged 15-21 experiencing and engaged in criminal harm outside the home. Our multi-award-winning model of approach engages and supports young clients within and beyond our EpiCentre, addressing issues that include child criminal exploitation, modern slavery, and associated youth violence, gang affiliation, debt bondage, and poverty. Our robust and comprehensive longer-term programme enables young people to significantly reduce harm, maintain healthy self-regulated behaviour and relationships, and re-engage and progress their education into employment. Until equipped to do so, independent of us.
This is who we are, who we serve, and why we exist!
Appropriate Intervention Plus Model™
We are now launching our Appropriate Intervention Plus Model. Drawing from and consolidating three decades of relentless award-winning youth intervention, as part of our Theory of Change in partnership with Impetus, we have refined and advanced our comprehensive system for reengaging young people aged 15-21 who are experiencing and engaged in criminal harm outside the home, to significantly reduce harm and transform their Lifestyle, Environment, Education and Employment trajectories.
Our model depicts how we seamlessly interweave outreach and intervention into our 30-month Stage-Based Change Programme, which includes addressing relapse at any stage. Additionally, we have a post-programme one-year follow-up to ensure successfully exited young clients are maintaining their change, independent of us.
What Drives Us
Streets of Growth is dedicated to empowering young communities to break cycles of harm and poverty. Guided by our values-led approach, we work to create lasting change and a brighter future for young people, supporting them to thrive in todays society.
Authentic
Being our genuine true selves with honesty and transparency and continually striving to promote and demonstrate the behaviours and skills we coach and equip our young people with.
Belonging
Fostering a safe and inclusive practice and environment where all young people have access to and can fully engage opportunities and resources to achieve outcomes that ensure equality.
Collaborative
Building key strategic partnerships with communities and organisations, sharing knowledge, experience, resources, and being jointly responsible for achieving agreed aims and objectives.
Dynamic
Nurturing a flexible and innovative organisational culture that goes beyond our own comfort zones and is agile, adaptable and resilient, especially when responding to young people in harm.
Evidence-impacts
Our evidence-backed data ensures our practice has led to desired changes and results. It informs what works and why, how we can improve, and to best inform policy and research.
Tailored Pathways
Dynamic Stage-Based Change Programmes
Our Stage-Based Change Programme was created in response to the readiness, needs, and interests of the young people we serve. Our programme is always evolving and expanding to transform our clients' lifestyles and environments, as well as providing progressive routes into further education and employment.
Throughout our organisation’s lifetime, we have and still run a diverse range of projects including Fashion & Textiles, Film & Photography, Music, Podcasting, Construction, Furniture Upcycling and Bicycle Recycling. We are currently designing and developing employment pathways into the Hospitality, Heritage and Tourism sectors.
Elevate Your Next Event!
Hire our incredible EpiCentre, which sits above what was once The Boar’s Head Playhouse, has been reimagined into a cutting-edge open-spaced theatre complete with stage lighting, surround sound, and an immersive 16x10 foot projection screen. We can also provide external catering to enhance your experience. Get ready to create unforgettable moments in a spectacular historic setting!
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Young People Testimonials
“My intervention coach really listened and took the time to learn about my life and situation. I now realise the friendships I was in were not good, and I was being used and exploited. The Cognitive Behavioural Skills coaching enabled me to see that I have choices, which led to starting a new career and joining the young influencers programme to support other young people.”
– S.R.
“I was making some really bad decisions, that at the time I never realised how much I was hurting and worrying my family. Engaging with Streets of Growth made me realise it was never too late to repair the damage done, and I have since moved back in with my parents and am now in the final year of my degree course in Accountancy.”
– T.S.
“Keep up the good work. You really don’t understand what an impact you have on people. You helped me so much and made me realise there’s more to life than the streets and gangs.”
– B.V.
Funders, Donors & Supporters
At Streets of Growth, we believe in the power of collaboration to drive lasting change in communities. The support of our funders, donors and partners enables us to develop and deliver the vital work we do empowering young people to break the cycle of poverty, criminality, violence and socio-economic exclusion. By supporting our cause, you’ll be investing in innovative, impact-driven programmes that create real opportunities for personal and community transformation. Join us in building a brighter future. Together we can make a difference where it’s needed most.
