Young People's Independent Counselling

Who we are

As a charity YPI has been successfully delivering community-based support to young people, parents and families for the past 17 years. We provide free mental health and well-being support to young people aged 11 to 25 years old through a range of interventions including 1-to-1 counselling sessions, group work and psycho-educational activities; in 2017, we have extended this support to also providing counselling and emotional support for parents and family members where a young person’s well-being is being impacted by wider family difficulties. Our constitutional aim is defined as: to preserve and protect the health and welfare of young people by establishing, developing and maintaining a youth support, information, advice and counselling service for young people in the age range of 11 to 25 years of age, but not limited to, the area of the local government district of Basingstoke & Deane. To carry out such activities that promote the health and welfare of young people in the area of benefit, not covered above, as deemed necessary by the charity trustees.

We pride ourselves on being a locally run charity with a strong community focus, with our 17-year background in supporting the mental and emotional health of young people in Basingstoke we work with a wide range of other local community groups to continuously improve the services we provide and develop new services to specifically target areas of deprivation or need.