Youth Talk provides free, confidential counselling to 13-25 year olds in the St Albans District. It can be hard enough for young people growing up in today’s world without the additional challenges that life can bring. From family problems to exam stress and peer pressure, body image anxiety to social media bullying, trying to get through life can be completely overwhelming. It can feel impossible to cope, and some young people can’t.
We’re determined that every young person has a safe place to talk in confidence, whatever’s on their mind.
We are proud of our strong reputation. For over 20 years, we have offered young people a dedicated service. Whatever a young person is going through we take time to understand and respond. They don’t need anyone’s permission to talk to us, and every conversation is kept private. Because there are no referrals or layers of assessments to get through, we can start supporting young people quickly to stop things getting worse.
We provide confidential, one-to-one counselling support to local young people free of charge.
We have deep roots in the St Albans community, working closely with local mental health providers, CAMHS, Adult Community Mental Health Services, GPs and schools.
Youth Talk is a community organisation for the community and driven by the community. We need the local community to back our work through donations, fundraising, volunteering and partnerships so we can support more young people who need someone to listen.
