Prospex

Prospex

Celebrating 20 years of potential made possible

For twenty years, we've worked with young people in Islington, offering practical and emotional support, while helping build life and employment skills. We've tackled crime, violence, hunger and mental health problems. But the need has never been greater.

Throughout 2021, we will be organsing a number of online and (hopefully) face to face events to celebrate our anniversary.

We are also setting an ambitious fundraising target of £100,000 to help us ensure we can provide the support our community needs as we emerge from a year of lockdowns

Why the community needs us

Islington has one of the highest child poverty rates in the UK. We address this by encouraging young people aged 8-21 to improve their life and employment skills, enabling them to fulfil their dreams and ambitions.

Our Community based work is run out of the Underground Youth Centre - a safe space where our young people can supplement the quality of their home life. We also run online sessions and, for those who are harder to reach and live their lives on the streets, our outreach street team let’s them know that Prospex is there for them.

Our impact on the community

At Prospex, we believe that being rooted in our community enhances our work and improves our chances of making an impact. We also understand the importance of supplementing a quality of life that isn’t available at home for some of our attending young people. That's why our support goes beyond the young person, and includes local families and the wider community.

We offer holiday schemes, nutritious meals, evening youth sessions, a dedicated girls and young women programme, a street outreach service, one to one support and a mental health counselling service.

Volunteers needed

We need volunteers to help with face to face work with young people, mentors and volunteers to help with fundraising, IT, publicity and marketing.

What your gift could provide

£20

could tackle holiday hunger by providing a young person with nutritious food for a whole week

£30

could give a young person a great positive experience by spending a day at our holiday club

£50

could support a young person struggling with their mental health to get the help they need

Fundraise for us!

Charity Information

Address: The Underground Youth Centre, Piper Close, Islington London N7 8TQ

Established in: 2001

Registered charity no.: 1087591