KMJ Foundation is a Young People Charity created by Phil, Feisal, and Jacquie. Following the sudden Death of Kamau McCallum James on 22 August 2019. KMJ Foundation exists to advance the lives of young people 11-25 and their families living in Huddersfield, Kirklees and West Yorkshire. Through the provision of Health, Wellbeing, Learning, Recreational and leisure time, services and activities. Working in partnership with other agencies we will tackle problems, issues and challenges faced by the young people in Kirklees, West Yorkshire and beyond as part of a broader Strategic approach to youth development strategies in the UK
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One in ten young people experience a mental health issue at any one time.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 5-19
KMJ Foundation is a newly formed charity during the pandemic to preserve the legacy of Kamau McCallum James.
KMJ Foundation exists to support, enable, and empower young people 12-25 living with physical health, mental health and emotional wellbeing needs to become health, thrive and fulfil their potential.
KMJ Foundation believe that every young people can succeed with targeted support, encouragement, and safe supportive space to share their feelings, issues, and concerns.
KMJ Foundation will support young people to live with an increased sense of belonging, confidence, safety, potential, and overall wellbeing and resilience within their communities
KMJ Foundation seeks to empower, enable and support disadvantaged young people living with mental health and emotional wellbeing needs from marginalised communities to become health, thrive and fulfil their potential.
KMJ Foundation will achieve this through:
Providing safe and supportive youth activities and services for therapeutic Support.
Delivering skills training: around therapeutic arts and creative support, physical health, mental health and emotional wellbeing, and social environmental action programmes to enable young people to engage in inclusive and supportive activity, which will help improve their confidence, health, wellbeing and skills.
Establishing informal learning/peer groups run by the 'young people',
Promote the value of using knowledge and life-long learning to recover and transform their lives.
Currently we are developing "it takes a village" workshops and activities that empower, enable, encourage an urgent response to the emotional circumstances that vulnerable and marginalised young people face.
KMJ Foundation recognises that some mental health issues and need commonly occur in young people 12-25 include .
- Depression affects more young people today than in the last few decades. Teenagers are more likely to experience depression than young children.
- Self-harm which is a frequent problem among young people. Some young people who experience intense emotional pain may try to deal with it by hurting themselves.
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) which can cause young people to become extremely worried..
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which can follow physical or sexual abuse, witnessing something extremely frightening or traumatising, being the victim of violence or severe bullying or surviving a disaster.
- Young people who are consistently overactive, impulsive and have difficulty paying attention may have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Eating disorders which usually start in the teenage years and are more common in girls than boys. The number of young people who develop an eating disorder is small, but eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa can have grave consequences for their physical health and development
Supporting our KMJ Foundation, you will be helping us to support young people in need and contribute to the costs of our planned workshops, activities, and services, which are being planned and will be delivered by staff, and volunteers.
YOUR DONATIONS WILL COVER OUR RUNNING COSTS SUCH AS:
Photocopying for the next 12 months
A filing cabinet
Chairs for our meetings rooms
12 Months’ Rent
T-shirts for the young people
Hire of Computer Room for young people who have no access to Wi-Fi.
Workshops for young people in need
Counselling sessions for young people.
Volunteers expenses.
Office/running costs.
Online counselling service.
Funding towards our proposed helpline services.
Funding towards our proposed texting messaging service.
Funding towards the cost of employing our paid staff.
Funding towards the cost of delivering 12 month Outreach work with young people
Funding towards the cost of delivering y "It takes a village" young people mental health workshops,
Youth inspired wellbeing activities, safe spaces, and training/educational opportunities to vulnerable and marginalised young people 12-25.
Consultation meeting with young people about their future needs
Your DONATIONS and ONGOING SUPPORT will
Save Lives
Reduce Self Harm
Reduce young people living with suicidal thoughts.
Increase Anxiety.
Increase young people's overall health and wellbeing
Increase Confidence.
Increase Self-Management.