Hope UK

Who we are

Hope UK is a drug education charity – equipping young people to make drug-free choices.

For nearly 170 years, (previously as The Band of Hope), we have equipped young people to make drug-free choices, working with groups and individuals in formal and informal settings helping them develop the knowledge and skills they need to live healthy lives. Our trained volunteers and staff, who work with children and young people in schools and youth groups, provide interactive, age-appropriate, educational sessions about drugs. Life skills that build confidence, enhance peer resistance and develop helpful, transferable skills are woven into sessions designed to encourage healthy choices and enable children and young people to realise their potential.

Our culture and values

Our mission is to equip young people to make drug-free choices.

Our vision is young people having the knowledge and life skills they need not only to make healthy choices regarding drug use, but also be able to transfer these skills into other areas in their lives.

HOPE UK CORE PRINCIPLES:

• The work we do is informed by best practice.
• Equipping young people to make drug-free choices is not about just providing them with information about drugs, it is about helping them develop the skills and knowledge they need to manage situations and circumstances they find themselves in.
• We work in a non-judgemental and inclusive manner.
• Our work will always be interactive – taking into consideration the fact that different people like to learn in different ways.
• We will always work hard to create safe learning environments, considering the needs of the learners we are working with.
• We will work with the inviting organisation to plan activities that are suitable and relevant to the groups or individuals we are working with.
• We prefer not to do ‘one-off’ activities – unless what we are doing is part of a wider plan implemented by the host organisation.