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Comic Relief for Get Connected

Get Connected awarded grant by Comic Relief

Get Connected has been awarded a £33,000 grant by Comic Relief to fund the ‘Can You Manage?’ project, which aims to involve young people in the management of the organisation.

The project will allow potential service users to play a significant role in the development of Get Connected.  A Youth Committee will be established to mirror the organisation’s Management Committee, and a Youth Member base will be developed.  This group will meet once a year at a Youth AGM.

By integrating young people into the management and decision making process of Get Connected, the ‘Can You Manage?’ project will ensure that the service and organisation is developed in line with the views and ideas of the users.  Issues that the Youth Committee and Members will discuss range from subjects such as whether Get Connected should introduce an email service, to what the publicity materials should look like, to when confidentiality on the helpline should be broken.

The recruitment of the participants will be carried out to ensure that they fully represent Get Connected’s service users, and participants will be from various regions around the UK.

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Notes to editors:

1. Get Connected is a unique helpline finding young people the best help whatever their problem. This can range from national telephone helplines to local advice centres. Staffed by volunteers, the helpline can either provide a free connection directly to a third party, give callers relevant information to use when they wish, or text them details directly to their mobile phone.
2. Get Connected helpline is open from 1pm – 11pm 365 days a year.
3.  For more information about the project, please see the leaflet ‘Can You Manage’, available to download at www.getconnected.org.uk/info