Every young person deserves the chance to lead a full, healthy, happy life without the worry about “what will I do if…”. At present, suicide is the number 1 killer of men under the age of 40 and a leading cause of death for Children and Young People. Young males are 3x more likely to carry out suicide compared to their female peers and 46.8% of adolescent males struggling with mental health disorders, reported attempting suicide or self-harming.

They’re waiting for support. They’re waiting for somebody to ask “how can I help?”. They’re waiting for somebody to take their needs seriously.

Nothing is there for them – the waiting lists are too long (up to 12 months for an initial appointment), the services are inadequate, they don’t know how to get help… and when they finally reach out? They get told “we have no appointments right now, we’ll be in touch”.

That is where we step in.

Meet Lewis, one of our first ever service users who was a part of our ‘Lives, Not Knives’ program funded by the Northumbria Police Crime Commissioner. When Lewis started working with us, he started going down the wrong path and was getting into trouble regularly – after just 1-month, Lewis made a drastic change and began changing his life around for the better. After the full 3-month program, Lewis was a completely different lad and has purpose and desire in his life. We worked with Lewis for 9-months in total and we are so happy to be able to help him through the benefits of Muay Thai.