Support Groups for Youth (Name Ideas)

Dear Ellie, first of all condolences to you for the loss of your father. I am incredibly impressed that you want to give back to your community and have no doubt you will be providing a service which will be empowering to young people in your position. As for a name, I have been wracking my brain and my suggestion is “light reflections” I am sure you’ll get much better ideas but I wanted to contribute something. I wish you well in your endeavours, your dad would be so proud of what you are doing.

best wishes

jane

Hi Ellie. I am so sorry for your loss and sorry that you have had to go through all of this at such a young age. How wonderful that you want to give back. My husband has cancer and between us we have 4 children 13 (today!), 11, 9 and 7.  You are right, there is a gap in the the support available for children affected by cancer. I really believe too that this is a much needed service.
 There is a charity local to us (Cambridge) called Stars that was set up to help children facing grief and bereavement https://talktostars.org.uk. Sadly, funding has meant that they can now only offer support to children after bereavement. I did find out that our council offered music therapy for children and I have approached them but to no avail. The school were also stuck with how to help. We have exhausted our search for support. It’s so frustrating! The youngest 2 now have therapy sessions with a counsellor that we have sourced. I would love to find a group for the older 2. 
I do know that this is something on the Maggie Wallace agenda. We have attended family days at our local centre and they do run an art group for children affected by cancer. It’s more a case of finding another family with similar aged children and facilitating something ourselves. 
I wish you every luck with this venture and hope it is something that takes off nationally. I would love to help facilitate this but not in the right place atm. In the meantime will start thinking of names for you. 
Best of luck xx

Hi Jane, 

Thank you so much for your reply, I love your suggestion! It definitely has that ring to it that I was looking for. I was kind of worried that if the name explained what the Charity does then it might intimidate some young people.

I hope you don't mind but I read your 'About Me' section. You are an extremely strong woman, and I have so much respect for you, carry on leading a happy life!

I will keep this page updated when I decide on the final name, but your suggestion is one of my favourites at the moment.  

Best Wishes, 

Ellie <3 

Hi, 

I am so sorry to hear about the circumstances you and your family have been put under, and I'm sorry that there is no support available to your children. There does seem to be a gap in most areas for 10-25 year old who's lives are affected by Cancer. Creative subjects really helped me when I was facing it 'alone', and the art group you mentioned sounds really helpful to you and your family. 

Thank you for being so supportive, its really inspiring to hear other people so passionate about this idea as well, and to know that its not just Gloucestershire that needs to 'fill the gap'. 

Best wishes to you and your family, and a MASSIVE Happy Birthday to your 13 Year Old (now a teenager!)

Thank you so much for your reply, 

Ellie <3

Dear Ellie, thank you for your kind reply. I will look out for your updates and wish you success with your project and all you do in life.

best wishes 

jane

Hi Ellies

I think what you are doing is a wonderful thing.  It is hard enough to try to deal with everything that Cancer brings as an adult let alone a young child or young adult.

I would like to suggest “Ellies” as the name due to the fact that it is your user name but mainly that Cancer,emotions,grief etc are often “the elephant in the room” that no one talks about.

I wish you all the best going forward and providing young people with the care and support that they need.

Hi Ellie 

What a wonderful thing you are doing. There are massive gaps in cancer support and it sounds like you will help.

How about you and your father's name. Call on Ellie?

Best of luck 

Hi Ellie,

Sorry to hear about your dad but as everyone has said what a wonderful thing you are doing. As he will be with you with this, as Gina said why not use both of your names, how about COELLIES  or COELYS

I wish you well in all you do

Hi 

It really is quite an ambition to have to set up a charity covering the county of Gloucestershire. Is it your intention to have one place for the youth to meet to express their grief or is it your vision to have a meeting place in all of the 7 districts of Gloucestershire. It's a very good idea to have a support group as a youth group and if successful will be very worthwhile and a great place for the young to meet to express their grief through different by using their creativity.

My suggestion for the group name

Admas at the Glos

Where do I get my suggestion taking your vision of 4 outlets for the youth to Express themselves in

Arts

Drama

Music

And

Sport

Which brings in some of the 5 stages of grief to become 

Anger

Denial 

Memory 

Acceptance 

Support 

Which brings me back to

Admas at the Glos

I wish you well with your ambition and hope that you are successful in getting this off the ground by sourcing many backers to help you fund the project with local talent in Art  Drama, Music and Sport volunteering to bring together the 4 activities.

As suggested you could speak to our friendly support team for advice on

0808 808 0000

any day of the week from 8 am to 8 pm.

You could ask about a Macmillan grant to see if your project would be eligible for one and there is always  the National Lottery you may be eligible for a grant from their good causes awards scheme.

If it is your intention to go county wise it might be a good idea to find a local celebrity that the youth could relate with to be a patron of your charity, everyone likes to see a household name on the letter heading and often inspires businesses to be generous in their support.

You could also think about seeking funding from one of the online funding appeals.

Looking forward to reading further reports on your project in the future

Ian

Hi

Thank you for your amazing response, I'll keep this page updated when I eventually decide on a final name. One of my friends actually suggested the same name! 

Thank you, best wishes <3