'Youth Support’ is an independent charity set up in 1986 to provide a focus for work with young people who as a group, were often ignored by the statutory authorities. We provide services for youth, training for professionals in the field, have a series of publications and International links.

(For further information - please see History of Youth Support.)

Developing out of our work with youth and children, Youth Support now also work extensively with families - the family provides the ‘stage’ upon which emotional development takes place and sets the scene for future difficulties, personality problems, and patterns of low self worth, self harm and abuse. By working with families we hope to break cycles of dysfunctional patterns and enable children to grow into happy effective adults and future parents themselves. (See Philosophy)

Much of our legal family assessment work involves child protection issues - diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic/treatment. Assessment of the parents and families is our principal role.

We aim to help children and young people and alleviate suffering whatever the cause. The deprived and the dispossessed deserve our particular attention and we have been working with young refugees and children and families in war torn areas such as Afghanistan.