Nightsafe provides an essential support network for around 300 young people who have nowhere safe to live. The charity works with young people between the ages of 16 and 24 in Blackburn to help them overcome many of the problems and obstacles in their lives. Nightsafe provides emergency shelter at its hostel as well as training and leisure activities at the Fusebox day centre.
Nightsafe’s training and activity programmes help these young people to increase their confidence and develop basic life and social skills so that they can go on to more formal training, education and employment. We supported the chief executive post at a time of transition for the charity, allowing it to continue and develop its services for young people in crisis.
Our funding will support the role of Paula Kaniuk, chief executive at Nightsafe. He commented, “The grant gives us some breathing space from fundraising to cover salaries. Instead we can devote our time to developing a new service in Darwen. Our aim is to provide semi-independent living to young people so that they can develop life and social skills prior to living independently.”
