The Young Lives Foundation helps children and young people in need by providing:

• Trained volunteers to support children and young people in police custody by acting as their appropriate adults when parents/carers do not attend

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• Trained volunteers to befriend children and young people in care who have little or no contact with their parents

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• Trained volunteer mentors for children and young people in Medway at risk of offending and/or social exclusion
  
  
• Support groups and activities for children and young people in the care of Kent County Council and Medway Council
  
  
• Advocacy for children and young people needing support from children’s social services in Kent and Medway
  
  
• Advocacy for young people in psychiatric units
  
  
• Support for young unaccompanied asylum-seekers