South London · Youth Wellbeing · Community CIC

AMPLIFYING
YOUNG POTENTIAL
ACROSS
SOUTH LONDON

The C.A.N. connects secondary schools with specialist youth practitioners and funders — delivering measurable wellbeing, safety and skills programmes where young people need them most.

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0%+
Cut in youth services since 2010
0+
London youth centres closed
1 in 5
Young people with probable mental health disorder
0:1
ROI from youth engagement programmes
The Challenge

THE GAP
IS REAL.
AND GROWING.

A decade of funding cuts has hollowed out youth services. Schools are left holding complex social challenges — mental health, digital risk, exploitation, disengagement — with insufficient specialist support to address them.

  • ✓Over £240m removed from London youth budgets over 10 years
  • ✓Schools increasingly expected to manage issues beyond the curriculum
  • ✓Specialist providers exist but lack stable, structured school access
  • ✓Funders want governance and outcomes — not ad hoc pilots
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Students in a South London school
Young people collaborating
Youth programme activity
The Solution

ONE PLATFORM.
THREE GROUPS
THAT NEED EACH OTHER.

The C.A.N. closes the coordination gap between schools, specialist practitioners, and funders — turning parallel need into joined-up delivery.

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🏫

SCHOOLS

Access curated specialist programmes without the burden of sourcing, vetting and contracting multiple providers.

  • ✓Minimal admin burden
  • ✓Safeguarding-assured delivery
  • ✓Programmes aligned to real need
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PRACTITIONERS

Youth workers, therapists, coaches and mentors gain funded, structured access to school settings with QA built in.

  • ✓Paid, structured school access
  • ✓Coordinated bids and funding routes
  • ✓Repeat work and visibility
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💛

FUNDERS

A single accountable CIC, robust safeguarding, measurable outcomes, and a model that scales borough by borough.

  • ✓Clear reporting against objectives
  • ✓Robust governance & safeguarding
  • ✓Scalable community infrastructure
Programme Portfolio

SIX SPECIALIST
STRANDS.
ONE TRUSTED ROUTE.

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Art therapy
Wellbeing
ART THERAPY & CREATIVE WELLBEING

A safe, structured space to process emotions and build confidence through creative practice.

6–10 weeksSmall groups
Physical activity
Engagement
ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Non-traditional sport and movement as a route into engagement, teamwork and emotional regulation.

Curriculum or enrichmentIntervention cohorts
Enterprise skills
Aspiration
ENTERPRISE & BUSINESS SKILLS

Communication, teamwork and entrepreneurship made practical — building aspiration for future pathways.

Challenge days or blocksKS3/KS4
"A FUTURE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTH LONDON, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR POSTCODE, CAN ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE, ASPIRATION AND SAFETY."
The C.A.N. CIC · Vision Statement
For Funders & Partners

FOUNDATION-READY.
BUILT TO SCALE.

The C.A.N. is a CIC Limited by Guarantee — asset-locked, community-benefit, designed for grant and partnership work. Year 1 income target: £200,000. All surplus reinvested into programme delivery.

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National Lottery Community Fund
£75,000 – £100,000
Core pilot
City Bridge Foundation
£40,000 – £75,000
Strong fit
BBC Children in Need
£20,000 – £50,000
Wellbeing fit
London Community Foundation
£10,000 – £30,000
Early pilot
Corporate & Borough Partnerships
South London corporates with CSR priorities and ward-level match-funding actively being explored.