Off The Record Youth Counselling Explained

Abbreviation:OTR
Formation:1994
Founding Location:Croydon
Status:Registered charity
Region:Croydon, Merton and Sutton
Services:Counselling
Membership:Youth Access, BACP
Key People:Founder: Karen Stott
Website:www.talkofftherecord.org

Off the Record (OTR) Youth Counselling[1] is a mental health charity working across the London Boroughs of Croydon, Merton and Sutton which provides a range of free support services for young people. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019.

Founded in Croydon in 1994 to provide free, independent and professional counselling for 14 – 25-year-olds, the charity expanded over the years to include further areas of work including mental health work in BME communities; a young carers service; a specialist counselling service for young refugees, online counselling, workshops and mental health support in schools.

Since 2019, Off The Record's counselling service in Merton operates in Vestry Hall.

Memberships

Off the Record is a member of Youth Access, the national membership organisation for youth information, advice and counselling services (YIACS),[2] [3] [4] and is a BACP-accredited service.[5]

Funding

Off The Record is supported by Croydon, Sutton & Merton local authorities and local Clinical Commissioning Groups as well as a range of charitable funders including Comic Relief[6] and the Wimbledon Foundation.[7] At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, Off the Record were selected to perform the coin toss for the Men's Singles Finals.[8]

In 2018, Travis Perkins marked the opening of a new branch in Beddington Lane, Croydon by donating £250 to Off the Record.[9]

Partnerships

In 2021, Off the Record launched a project with London Southbank University (LSBU) and the Croydon BME Forum to train London barbershops to test blood pressure in a UK-first project.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Awards

In 2019, Off The Record was one of ten charities selected from more than 370 organisations across the UK to win a GSK IMPACT Award for outstanding contributions to improving the UK's health and wellbeing.[14] The award is run in partnership with The King's Fund.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "OFF THE RECORD" YOUTH COUNSELLING CROYDON. Charity Commission.
  2. Web site:
    1. NoTrim Challenge - Encouraging young men to embrace their lockdown hair growth
    . Youth Access.
  3. Web site: DigiTalk. Youth Access.
  4. Web site: DigiTalk Project. Youth Access.
  5. Web site: Innovative young people's counselling service wins impact award. BACP.
  6. Web site: COMIC RELIEF INVESTS £3.2M IN SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG MEN. Comic Relief.
  7. Web site: Health & Wellbeing Fund. Wimbledon.
  8. Web site: Introducing Sean Seresinhe Men's Singles Final Coin Toss. .
  9. News: Travis Perkins opens new branch in Croydon. Sutton & Croydon Guardian.
  10. Web site: London barbershops trained to test blood pressure in UK-first project. LSBU.
  11. News: London barbers to test blood pressure in health campaign. BBC.
  12. News: Barbers trained to test blood pressure in health campaign for Black and Asian men. The Independent.
  13. News: Croydon barbers to offer free blood pressure tests. Croydon Guardian.
  14. Web site: 2019 GSK IMPACT Awards: Off the Record Youth Counselling Croydon. The King's Fund.

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