Electric Storm Youth (ESY)

Who we are

Founded in 2007, Electric Storm Youth (ESY) is a youth work charity based in Lancing, West Sussex. We run a full range of youth-based programmes, including young carers support, mental health counselling, general youth sessions, LGBTQ+ sessions, street-based (detached) youth work, mentoring and work-experience.

ESY currently support around 200 young people by working to improve their personal and social development, teaching them new skills, and improving the quality of their lives.

The charity’s main challenge is the increasing demand for its services, especially from the more marginalised groups such as young carers and those with mental health problems.

Our culture and values

Electric Storm Youth values: 

• the uniqueness and worth of each individual - Everyone is deserving of respect and the opportunity to realise their potential
• diversity - Each person is equal and to be included whatever their race, gender, religion, sexuality, or social or economic status
• hope - Hope reminds us that we are on a journey and that the future can be better than today, that positive change is possible and that everyone deserves a second chance
• peace - To live in harmony with yourself - physically, emotionally and spiritually, as well as in harmony with others, treating them as you wish to be treated, seeking reconciliation when relationships are damaged and bringing restitution when necessary
• living responsibly, respecting others and allowing them their freedoms and opinions, participating in community and society
• respecting our environment, preserving the good, restoring damage and using resources wisely
• respecting each other’s beliefs and creating an environment in which young people might explore self-hood and identity, and/or different sub-cultures and beliefs