Canvey Island Youth Project

The Canvey Island Youth Project is a community organisation which works with young people between the ages of 11 and 25. We offer a range of services depending on the needs of the individual young person including; a drop-in, a counselling service, a befriending service, school mentoring, and educational workshops. Within all the services we offer extra, specialist support for sexual health, homelessness, debt, special needs (learning difficulties), young parents, drug and alcohol issues and family mediation. The Youth Project volunteers and workers support young people's individual need whether that is a need for food in an emergency or long term emotional support over a period of years. We do this by providing an open welcome and reliable source of support and taking each person as an individual with their own unique set of circumstances and feelings.