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Why we decided to refresh our look and why this is important We have been working over the past 9 months to develop our new website. We have given our logo a fresh lick of paint and developed our branding to be more young person friendly. Our new website and revised branding will support us to communicate and engage better […]

As introduce a new website, we wanted to provide updated information for young people about our work in light of covid restrictions. We are working to keep delivering services to young people with as little disruption as possible. We offer face to face work where possible, working safely all the time, and taking into account […]

“One small step for 1625 Independent People. One giant leap for young people facing homelessness”   We’re so excited to take the next step on our digital journey thanks to Comic Relief and Paul Hamlyn Foundation. As part of the Tech for Good Build Programme, we’ll be exploring how technology can be used to its […]

We are delighted to announced that we have a new partnership with Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD).  The firm will be supporting 16-25 Independent People, One25 and FareShare South West, through fundraising, volunteering and pro-bono activity. Dom Wood, our CEO  says “We are delighted to be a chosen charity partner of WBD, and we’re […]

This year, we were so lucky that Curry Connect supported us over Ramadan with delivering food to Woodleaze and St Georges hostel for Iftar. They also held a Zoom meeting for 1625ip colleagues and young people who use our services to ask the Weston Supermare Imam questions about Ramadan. We are so excited to be […]

We recently partnered with End Youth Homelessness to launch the first-ever national gaming festival, Gaming for Good. Between the 2nd to 17th April gamers up and down the country got online and raised an astounding £27,500 to support our mission. The amount of money raised meant we were able to provide 227 ‘move on’ packs […]

ABRI and Inspired to achieve have generously funded a new role at 1625 Independent People, a Team leader for education, employment, and training services. We spoke to Ellis Rodrigues, who has recently been appointed to the role, about the charity and what she thought about the exciting new opportunity. “At 1625 Independent People we provide […]