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Our goal is to work towards a community where all children and young people are celebrated and know they belong.

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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.

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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

  • 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

  • SELFA’s Annual Report for 2023-24

    Our annual report for the last financial year is now available to read on our website. It outlines a busy year for SELFA, where we supported over 600 children, young people and parents, with over 170 people accessing SELFA each week. The number of referrals increased by 26% from the previous year. For children and…

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  • Beyondly go above and beyond

    “She came back so happy, relaxed and mature. She was practically glowing! She really enjoyed herself and was absolutely buzzing to have won a prize for her t-shirt design. Thank you for looking after her and giving her a wonderful time.” Parent Thanks to funding from Beyondly we have been able to offer 6 residential…

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  • SELFA celebrates after being awarded their biggest ever grant!

    SELFA has secured £299,537 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) to launch it’s “SELFA Go Wild” project which will help to increase our focus on health and wellbeing for children and young people living in Craven. SELFA Go Wild builds on the success of an existing project, SELFA Springboard. Over three years, SELFA will enhance…

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Fundraising Updates

  • 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…

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