Activfirst

Activfirst have been working with HLC since 2014 delivering a range of support to people in Hull and East Riding. Since 2016 Activfirst has been delivering Building Better Opportunities (BBO) across the East Riding, predominantly in the Bridlington area. We aim to support participants in the highest areas of deprivation across the town.

We deliver BBO on a one – one basis offering mentoring support to participants with an aim to move them forward into positive destinations including outcomes such as Education and Employment. Our approach is to help engage participants within their local community and to ensure we have excellent engagement and retention rates. The approach has worked well, and we have developed many key partnership’s which has resulted in us gaining positive referral pathways to better engage and support our participants.

We fully utilise the BBO partnership which is within the BBO network. Our approach is less formal and suited to each individual participant that we support, this is to ensure we build relationships and gain trust to encourage them to be able to open up to us so that we are able to support them with whichever barriers they may have.

We pride ourselves on offering a high-quality programme to participants and maintaining contact with any referral agencies and stakeholders we work closely with

BBO offers a flexible programme of support tailored to your individual needs. The support is offered one – one face to face at our Hub based in Bridlington but don’t worry if you don’t feel comfortable initially accessing the Hub right away, we can meet you at a location where you feel comfortable until you are ready to come and see what the hub has to offer. Additional to the one – one support we have group activities that you can access if you would like to although there is no pressure put on you to access these. The groups/activities include:

Craft Club

Film Club

Walking Club

Drop in The aim of the support that we offer you is to help you break down any barriers that you feel that you may have, these could include mental health issues, debt problems, confidence issues, the feeling of isolation and many more. To help you over come these we have plenty of staff who are happy to help and support you on your journey if you would like them to be involved, these include:

Your designated mentor

A Keyworker

Mind Counsellor

Citizens Advice Bureau worker

This will be discussed with you and agreed depending on individual needs

Aged 25+

Unemployed

Live in Bridlington area

Further Learning or Employment