We deliver sessions to young people, upskill staff and speak to parents, around topics such as:

• Healthy relationships 
• Sexual health 
• Sexual bullying & Harassment 
• Puberty 
• Consent (everyday & sexual consent) 
• Staying Safe 
• Contraception 
• Pornography & its impact 
• Pregnancy & choices/menopause 
• Parenting 

We can provide curriculum reviews to support schools in implementing the correct statutory content. 

For more information, please contact our school’s co-ordinator at JAMES – [email protected] 

JAMES has a IDVA/Youth Worker specifically to support children and young people who have been impacted by domestic abuse, whether this be a child/young person who has witnessed domestic abuse or has suffered domestic abuse.

The support is client led and a person-centred approach. We offer age-appropriate domestic abuse awareness and safety planning to incorporate the vastly different risks posed to children and young people in today’s multi-media society. We provide emotional and practical advice, guidance, and support to help the child/young person feel safe. They will seek ways to empower the individual to make positive, safe informed decisions. They will liaise with other professionals on their behalf. These are a few things we can do:

• Support for children and young people around safety
• Support with their emotional wellbeing
• Support with accessing housing and financial support
• Advocating for children/young people within meetings
• Risk assessments and safety planning
• Information giving and signposting
• Support in mediating and engaging with other services
• Attending court for both civil and criminal matters
• Support in accessing legal interventions
• Liaising with the criminal justice system
• Support around understanding domestic abuse and healthy relationships (this can be 1:1 or a group setting)
• Small group work for staying safe and safety networks

The support is usually 1:1 support. The worker will contact the child/young person/parent or carer and meet with them either in school, college or in another safe place. The support lasts, on average, 3 months and enables a child/young person to progress towards their long-term goals and become empowered.

Verbal or written consent is required from the parent/carer or young person before you make a referral to our service. Contact [email protected] for more information/referral form

• Ensuring children are free from harm and the risk of exploitation 
• School attendance and barriers to accessing education 
• Parenting support 
• Anti-social Behaviour and offending behaviour 
• Job search and employability 
• Improving mental and physical health 
• Reducing harm from substance misuse 

JAMES work with a range of partner organisations to ensure that families receive holistic support, and outcomes for the children and wider family, are improved. 

For self referral call 0800 9530966. 

The navigation of a barge along the canal corridor is a unique opportunity to assist young people to develop new skills, improve personal development, improve socialisation skills and social cohesion. 

Our learners from Key Stage 3 upwards undertake a wide range of sessions from environmental work working in partnership with the Canal and River Trust through adoption work on the canal, boat engine repair, boat handling and personal development – we embed functional skills Maths, English and PSD. (This is not an accredited programme) 

Our partnerships enable us to support environmental and conservation issues whilst enhancing the natural environment of this community asset. 

If you would like to book the barges for charity or corporate activities, have young people to refer or you are interested in working on the canal as a volunteer please contact: [email protected]

Girl Empower is designed to improve; confidence and self-esteem, raise aspirations, improve school attainment, and encourage girls into positive destinations. 

We use a varied programme including getting girls out of their comfort zones and sessions on subjects such as body image, bullying, healthy eating, sexual health, grooming and drug awareness. 

We also have a devised a programme for young men focusing on key issues that they are likely to face in today’s society. We can deliver these empower programmes in various settings such as PRU’s, community centres and schools as well as our sessions at our Keighley base.  Sessions are fully funded so are free to referrers.  For more information or to make a referral please contact: [email protected] 

The sessions run as a ‘mirrored programme’ meaning parents/carers and children are covering the same subjects each session while remaining separate, before reuniting to engage in a fun activity together. After completion of the programme, the parent/carer and young child are invited to attend a celebration day, decided by them, with their wider family if they wish, promoting quality family time and further building positive relationships. 

If you would like to join a programme or would like further information please contact:

[email protected]