Supporting Children and Young People in Skipton and Craven
Our goal is to work towards a community where all children and young people are celebrated and know they belong. We support children and families experiencing vulnerabilities, to build resilience, thrive and achieve.
Referring a child to SELFA
To access activities your child/children must be referred to SELFA by a professional working with them or their family. This can be a class or head teacher, social worker, support worker, health visitor or other agency such as Carers’ Resource or CAMHS.
Complete this form in full, giving the reason for referral. Providing full information helps us give appropriate support and gauge level of need.
How You Can Help
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Fundraise
Your money will go directly towards helping SELFA provide health & wellbeing programmes.
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Donate
100% of your donation will support our children to build self-esteem and feel they belong.
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Volunteer
Volunteering is a rewarding way to give back and there are lots of different ways to volunteer at SELFA.
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Current Activities in our calendar
SELFA run a full programme of activities for school-age children (4-19) who live or attend school in North Yorkshire. This includes health and wellbeing programmes, peer support groups, targeted holiday workshops and trips & residentials.
Lets stay in touch
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SELFA News and Updates
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SELFA “bounces back” thanks to support from the Kentown Wizard Foundation
The Kentown Wizard Foundation have supported SELFA for a second year, this time with a grant of £26,000 to help deliver five weekend groups for children with multiple complex needs where they have the opportunity to access rebound therapy close to home. The money has already made a massive difference to children and young people living in…
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Youth Council – 10.1.2023
The Youth Council provides an opportunity for young people to be involved in shaping SELFA, and to be active in making change happen in the local community on issues that matter to them. The group is user-led and champions youth voice and participation.
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Funding boost for children’s mental health support
A new research report has helped to secure an £85,000 funding boost for children’s mental health support in the Yorkshire Dales. This comes at a time when social workers are seeing record numbers of children with mental health problems, an increase of more than 50% in five years, latest local government figures show.* An alarming…
Fundraising Updates
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Summer Holidays have ended!
We’ve had a very busy summer holidays. Here’s just some of the things that we have done: We’ve been to Grassington Woods, Cleatop Woods, Austwick, Malaham Tarn and Janets Foss. We’ve been to Forest School in Skipton Woods, played football at Sandylands and done team building at Nell Bank as well as walking the Ingleton…