Centre 33 believes that every young person in Cambridgeshire can fulfil their potential. We support and empower young people to overcome their problems through a range of free and confidential services.
Centre 33 is a well-respected Cambridgeshire charity working to support young people aged 8 to 25. We have been working in Cambridge and the surrounding areas for over 30 years, and have recently expanded our services to meet need across the whole county.
We offer:
Centre 33’s Mental Health & Counselling Service
Centre 33’s Community-based Counselling Provision
Centre 33 supports young people aged 13-25, living in Cambridgeshire in our hubs in Cambridge City, Ely, Wisbech and Huntingdon and through some satellite sites.
We have a self-referral policy – young people need to make contact with us themselves, although they can be supported to do this by professionals or family/friends. We have a short-term counselling model – we usually offer 6 weekly sessions of ongoing counselling, and in particular circumstances this may be extended up to a maximum of 12 sessions.
We also offer some sessions of drop-in counselling– young people can come for one-off sessions, or for extra support when they are in crisis.
Centre 33’s School-based Counselling Provision
Centre 33 has been delivering counselling in Secondary Schools across South and East Cambridgeshire since September 2012 (initially in 9 schools, and due to the project’s success we are now working in 13 schools). This project is funded by a partnership of schools. Our Project Workers co-ordinate this project, as well as working with more complex cases and supporting the team with referrals and joint-working with other organisations. We are now expanding this provision to other areas of Cambridgeshire.
This counselling provision is for 11-16 year olds. We use a very similar counselling model to our core counselling service. However, young people are referred for counselling, usually by a member of school staff (although they need to want to engage in counselling). Our Project Workers complete the initial assessments, and then the schools counsellors usually work with them for 6 weekly sessions of ongoing counselling, and in certain cases this may be extended. Very occasionally we do see clients for longer-term support in schools – where this feels necessary and both the school and young person want this to happen.
