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Support Young People in Wales to Thrive, every donation helps us reach more young people with creative, practical, and empowering projects. Choose to give generally or support a project close to your heart.
Current Priority Appeal: Support Young Adults Leaving Custody
Help us raise £12,000 to relaunch our life-changing mentoring programme for young adults aged 18–25.
These young people face complex barriers when leaving custody — your support provides weekly 1:1 mentoring, stability, trust, and a real chance at a fresh start.
Our mentoring programme for young adults leaving custody urgently needs funding.
These young people face complex barriers when leaving custody — your support provides weekly 1:1 mentoring, stability, trust, and a real chance at a fresh start.
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“Thanks to your generosity, we’re able to reach more young people across Wales with creative, practical, and life-changing support. Every donation—big or small—helps young people thrive. Whether you give generally or back a specific project close to your heart, you’re making a real difference.”
Julia Griffiths
Joint CEO, Youth Cymru
Choose a Project to Support
ArtThem: Creative Textile Workshops
Empowering young people through creativity and design
ArtThEM supports young people from marginalised backgrounds to build confidence, develop sewing and textile skills, and express themselves through wearable art. These inclusive, youth-led sessions promote wellbeing, connection, and personal growth — and often lead to formal accreditation.
Your donation can help us continue this vital work.
Suggested Donation Options:
- £5 – Contributes to essential supplies like thread, needles, or sketching materials
- £10 – Provides core art materials
- £15 – Supports a young person to complete an accredited activity
- £25 – Funds a creative workshop
- £30 – Contributes to a group session for up to three participants
- £50 – Funds a dedicated Art for Wellbeing session
- £75 – Supports a half-day holiday programme
- £100 – Enables a bespoke workshop for a small group (up to five participants)
Every donation — no matter the size — helps us offer creative, supportive spaces to young people who need them most.
These workshops are often delivered during school holidays and are designed to engage those who may not otherwise have access to creative opportunities.
Interested in giving more or sponsoring ArtThem?
If you’d like to make a larger contribution or sponsor the project in full or in part — such as by funding a block of sessions, providing materials for an entire group, or supporting an extended holiday programme — we’d love to hear from you here.
Together, we can help more young people unlock their creativity, gain new skills, and take pride in what they create.
In-School Mentoring
Helping young people stay connected to education and a brighter future.
Across Wales, many young people are finding it difficult to engage with school — whether due to anxiety, challenging home lives, or behavioural struggles. Our trained mentors provide consistent one-to-one support, a listening ear, and a safe space to be heard.
By donating, you’re helping us give young people the encouragement and guidance they need to grow, re-engage, and thrive.
Suggested Donation Options:
- £5 – Contributes to a wellbeing activity or resource pack
- £20 – Provides one mentoring session for a young person
- £35 – Delivers a tailored session focused on personal goals and wellbeing
- £50 – Offers a week of mentoring support for one pupil
- £100 – Supports a month of mentoring sessions
- £150 – Trains a new volunteer mentor to support pupils in schools
Every donation — no matter the size — helps us keep this vital lifeline going for young people who need it most.
Want to sponsor a full school term or expand mentoring into a new school?
If you’d like to make a bigger impact by sponsoring a term of support or helping us grow the programme, we’d love to hear from you here. Together, we can keep young people connected, supported, and full of potential.
Justice Mentoring: Supporting Young Men Leaving Custody
Reducing reoffending, rebuilding lives.
We support young men aged 18–25 as they leave prison and return to their communities — often facing stigma, limited opportunities, and a lack of support. Our dedicated mentors walk alongside them, helping to build stability, reduce the risk of reoffending or exploitation, and open up new pathways through work, education, and personal growth.
Your donation can help break the cycle and create lasting change.
Suggested Donation Options:
- £5 – Contributes to essential items for a young person on release
- £30 – Funds a one-to-one reintegration mentoring session
- £50 – Supports a week of intensive mentoring
- £75 – Covers a full month of personalised support
- £120 – Delivers a life-skills workshop (e.g. CV building, wellbeing, digital literacy)
- £250 – Provides a two-month reintegration support package
Every donation — no matter the size — helps us offer meaningful, consistent support when it’s needed most.
Want to sponsor this programme or support in another way?
We welcome donors who want to invest in long-term change — whether by sponsoring mentoring placements, funding group activities, or supporting entire cohorts.
Please contact us here to find out more!
Together, we can give young people the support they need to build new lives.
Youth Climate Action Leadership
Empowering young people to lead on climate change
Across Wales, young people are stepping up to tackle the climate crisis — creating peer-led campaigns, running workshops, and inspiring behaviour change in their schools and communities. From sustainable fashion to community gardening, they are taking action and helping others adapt for a more sustainable future.
Your donation helps grow the next generation of climate leaders.
Suggested Donation Options:
- £5 – Contributes to campaign materials and printing
- £15 – Funds a youth-led climate action toolkit
- £25 – Supports a peer workshop on sustainable living
- £40 – Trains one climate youth ambassador
- £60 – Provides a mini-grant for a community climate campaign
- £100 – Supports a full school or youth centre climate project
Every donation — no matter the size — helps young people take action and inspire change in their communities.
Want to sponsor a youth-led campaign or event?
If you’d like to fund a climate leadership programme, support school partnerships, or back local environmental action, we’d love to work with you.
Please contact us here to find out more.