Barnardos Marlborough Road Partnership

Cardiff Housing.

Support Service for Single Young People
Supported housing and floating support for vulnerable young people aged 16 - 21 focusing on helping young people gain the necessary skills, knowledge and awareness to live more independently in their communities with particular services for black and minority ethnic young people and black and minority ethnic young women fleeing domestic violence.

Young Families Service
Provides housing and support for vulnerable young families where the primary carer is aged 16 to 21 years focusing on helping young people gain the necessary skills, knowledge and awareness to live more independently in their communities.  Referrals have to be made through Cardiff Social Services.   

Youth Homelessness Prevention S.180 Work.
Working in partnership with Cardiff Women’s Aid the aim of the project is to deliver homelessness and domestic violence information to young people in secondary schools and youth services across Cardiff.

Support for young parents.

Support Service for Young Parents
Young parents under the age of 17 are able to participate in a 10 week course which will help them acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to negotiate their way as young parents in the adult world. School age parents are offered a longer programme which can last until their formal school leaving age.

Young dads project
Young dads under the age of 19 are able to participate in a 10 week course which will help them acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to negotiate their way as young parents in the adult world.

Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Caterpillar Service

Caterpillar Project
The service promotes awareness of the stigma and lack of provision for young people experiencing mental ill health. 

Young people aged 12 - 19 who are experiencing or are likely to experience mental health crisis can access individual and group work.

Bounceback
Service based in three defined schools.

Supports emotionally vulnerable young people aged 15+ to develop coping skills and emotional resilience and to successfully negotiate year 11 and make the transition from school to further education, employment and independence.

School Based Counselling Service
The Marlborough Road Partnership provides a school based counselling service in 9 secondary schools.  This service is set to be substantially expanded in 2010.