YASP

Welcome to the Young Adult Advice & Support Project (YASP for short) bit of Manchester MInd's website.

You can check out our new video of he YASP Cafe by clicking here.

There are lots of things going on within the YASP project:

Advice:
We offer an advice service to help you sort out any difficulties with housing, benefits and debts.  These can all be really stressful and difficult problems to sort out by yourself, so if you want advice or some help with any of these issues, drop-in on a Wednesday afternoon (see groups and drop-ins) or give us a ring and ask to be referred to a caseworker. Alternativly, you can make a referal using our referal pack which you can find in our "About us" page.

Counselling:
If you think talking to someone might help you try and sort your head out, you can refer yourself to the YASP counsellor.  You can arrange a session just to see whether you think counselling might help. If you think it might, further sessions can then be arranged.  Alternativly, you can make a referal using our referal pack which you can find in our "About us" page.

Cafe and activites:
If you are at a loose end, want to make friends, learn new skills or just have a coffee and a healthy meal then come and see what is going on in the cafe.It is somewhere that you can come and hangout. You can use our computers for free (£0.00!); word processing or surfing the web all for nought.You can also get some tasty nutritious grub for cheap (£3 for those with jobs, £1.50 for those who ain't).

On top of that there are opportunities for people to volunteer in the kitchen to increase their skills and confidence. (Referals to volunteering can also me made using the referal pack).

If you're not already sitting in our lovely café you can find us on Stockport Road in Levenshulme, in easy reach from the city centre (on the 192 bus route). Want to know more? Check out our other web pages by following the links on the left.

Get involved:
YASP works in partnership with service users to promote skills, improve service delivery and to guide future development. There is a service user group, Raising Our Voice, which meets monthly with the Manchester Mind Inclusion & Development Worker. This ensures that the whole Charity benefits from the knowledge, skills, experience and input of the people who use the services. A quarterly newsletter publicises the work of Raising Our Voice and includes contributions and views of the people who use Manchester Mind services.


As you can see there is a lot going on at YASP and all aimed at supporting and promoting good mental health - important for all of us.

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