Check Point

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Programme Manager: Caroline Jones

Check Point provides free and confidential information, advice and specialist support to young people aged 11-21 who are at risk on the streets. The project centre is based in Torquay, but helps young people across Torbay.

The guiding philosophy of Check Point is to ensure that young people have immediate and straightforward access to help. We aim to promote young people's safety, health, values, rights and responsibilities in the community so they are encouraged to reach their own decisions and consider their choices in order to achieve their full potential.

To achieve this, Check Point provides a drop-in service. This acts as the street-level access point for young people where no appointment is necessary. At the drop-in, young people can talk to a trustworthy adult and get help on a range of issues including housing, sexual health and family relationships.

The drop-in is supported by a number of specialist casework initiatives that have been developed to meet the particular needs of young people - for example counselling, drugs and alcohol issues, family mediation and running away.