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Our Services

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Criminal Justice
Housing Support

Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO)

The AFEO service supports people being released from prison who are resettling in Leeds.

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Health Improvement

Barca Outreach Support Team (BOST)

The Barca Outreach Support Team (BOST) provides focussed support to people who regularly use urgent and emergency healthcare services to address the social determinants of health.

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Health Improvement
Community Development

Being You Leeds

Being You Leeds provides groups, activities and training and awareness sessions for community wellbeing across Leeds.

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Community Development
Health Improvement

Better Together

The Better Together team enables local community members to reach their full potential and improve their health and wellbeing.

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Employment and Training
Health Improvement

Bright Horizons

Tailored support for parents and carers who are facing barriers to employment, by providing support to build confidence, skills and improve health and wellbeing.

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Families and Young People
Health Improvement

Building Bridges

Building Bridges supports the mental health needs of young people transitioning into adulthood.

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Health Improvement

Community Wellbeing Connectors

The Community Wellbeing Connectors enable people to increase their independence and support them to recover and improve their mental health and wellbeing.

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Health Improvement

Connect To Grow

Connect to Grow is a group for parents and adults who self-identify as having experienced a childhood trauma.

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Health Improvement
Families and Young People

Connect Together - Children and Young People Social Prescribing

Social prescribing service supporting children, young people and their families to make long lasting connections in their community.

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Health Improvement

Counselling - Leeds Schools Clusters

Barca-Leeds’ Schools Clusters Counselling aims to improve social, emotional and mental health for children and young people living in Leeds.

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Families and Young People
Criminal Justice

Discover Programme

A specialist service that provides mentoring and support interventions to support young people who are engaging in community anti-social behaviour or other risky behaviours.

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Housing Support

Engage Leeds

City–wide housing support service, assisting the people of Leeds with preventing homelessness, sustaining tenancies and helping to integrate them into the community.

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Families and Young People
Addiction Recovery

Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC)

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) adopts a problem-solving therapeutic approach that aims to improve outcomes for children involved in care proceedings, by supporting parents to address their substance misuse and related problems.

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Addiction Recovery

Forward Leeds

Offering a wide range of support and interventions for people with problems with alcohol or drugs, Forward Leeds is the integrated alcohol and substance misuse service in Leeds for adults and Young People.

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Families and Young People

Headingley and Kirkstall Family Support Service

The Barca-Leeds Family Support Service supports families to overcome barriers which prevent children, young people and their family members to achieve positive outcomes.

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Health Improvement
Addiction Recovery
Housing Support

Health and Wellbeing Navigators

The Health and Wellbeing Navigators work with people who are experiencing homelessness to support them to access the right health services and care to meet their needs.

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Families and Young People

Healthy Holidays

Free, engaging and enriching activities with a hot and healthy meal for children and young people during the school holidays.

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Housing Support

Housing Navigators

Housing Navigators work across Leeds with individuals that have experienced homelessness or housing issues to support them into accommodation and help them to sustain their tenancy.

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Families and Young People

Leeds Youth Alliance

Barca-Leeds is a member of the Leeds Youth Alliance (LYA), a consortium of organisations which was established to offer services to young people across Leeds.

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Health Improvement

Linking Leeds

Linking Leeds is the integrated city-wide Social Prescribing service for people in Leeds. Barca-Leeds is proud to be a partner in the service, which aims to connect people to services and activities in their community in order to benefit overall health and wellbeing.

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Health Improvement
Community Development

Men's Health Unlocked

A ground-breaking piece of work which aims to achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes for all men and boys in Leeds which contribute to better outcomes for all.

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Families and Young People
Criminal Justice

Mentoring in Schools project

Mentoring and support interventions exclusively for young people attending Leeds City Academy, supporting them to address and reduce the risk factors in their lives.

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Health Improvement
Families and Young People

Rediscover Adult Counselling Service

One to one counselling service for parents and carers to work through current or past emotional difficulties which impact them and in turn, their children and families.

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Families and Young People
Criminal Justice

Safe Schools

Safe Schools supports young people to build knowledge and understanding of their emotional wellbeing including ways to manage their emotions positively.

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Housing Support

Street to Tenancy Navigators

The Street To Tenancy (STT) team are an addition to the Housing Navigators and work with people who are still sleeping rough, prior to any accommodation offer being made.

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Addiction Recovery
Families and Young People

TFS Wellbeing Service

Barca-Leeds' TFS Wellbeing Service supports children and young people impacted by parental drug and alcohol use. This support includes access to opportunities and one to one support.

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Families and Young People
Community Development

VRP in Bramley

VRP in Bramley is a specialist violence reduction project focussed on awareness and understanding of knife crime. The team supports young people in Bramley who are engaging with anti-social behaviour or other risky behaviours.

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Families and Young People
Health Improvement

Wellbeing Café

The Wellbeing Café is a group for young people aged 11 to 16 focussed on developing positive emotional wellbeing.

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Health Improvement
Families and Young People

Wellbeing Hour

The Wellbeing Hour service helps young people and young adults who identify as LGBTQ+ who are struggling with their mental health to access therapeutic support.

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Families and Young People

Youth Work

Barca-Leeds has delivered Youth Work in the Bramley and Stanningley area for over 30 years, providing young people with the opportunity to meet peers, participate in positive activities and engage in their community.

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Families and Young People

Discover Wellbeing

The Discover Wellbeing service supported families to strengthen and build positive parent/child relationships through family sessions, one-to-one emotional wellbeing sessions, holiday activities and parent peer support groups.

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Families and Young People

Emotional Wellbeing Service

Barca-Leeds' Emotional Wellbeing Service provided early intervention and prevention support for young people aged 8 to 17 years old in West Leeds.

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Employment and Training

Healthier Working Futures

The Healthier Working Futures Leeds project helped young adults, aged 16 to 25, to develop confidence, skills, interest and insight that enable them to take advantage of fulfilling employment opportunities in the health and care sector.

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Families and Young People
Employment and Training

Nxt Steps

The Nxt Steps service supported young people who are at risk of or already Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) to develop life skills, work readiness, get involved in social activity, and move back towards education, employment and training.

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Employment and Training

Pathways to Progress

Pathways to Progress provided essential support to workless households in the West Yorkshire Combined Authority area.

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Health Improvement

Reclaim Adult Counselling Service

This trauma-informed, long term counselling service supported patients in the Armley Primary Care Network to make fundamental changes to their lives.

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Families and Young People

Stronger Families

The Stronger Families programme helped and supported families across Leeds who have barriers to accessing education or training and gaining skills for work and employment. Barca-Leeds were proud partners in delivering the service.

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Families and Young People

Targeted Family Support

Barca-Leeds' Targeted Family Support service supported families impacted by parental drug and alcohol use.

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Community Development

The West Leeds Men’s Network

The West Leeds Men's Network is a project designed to help combat isolation amongst men in the Armley and Bramley area's of the city.

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Employment and Training
Families and Young People

Work Well

Work Well provided mental health and wellbeing support for young people who were not in education, employment or training to achieve their goals and reach their aspirations in work and training.

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Families and Young People

Youth Inclusion Project

Highly sucessful youth crime prevention initiative working with children and young people who are risk of becoming NEET, involved in offending or anti-social behaviour and experiencing school exclusion.

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Families and Young People

Youth Work - Active Skills Project

Specialist youth work project providing activity and skills programmes for young people to overcome barriers and build resilience enabling a brighter future.

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