Support built around real life
Find the support that's right for you.
We offer structured, tailored pathways designed around the person, not the system. Whether you're a young person, a family, or an organisation — there's a place for you here.
We trauma-informed, person-centred support for individuals, parents and families experiencing trauma, emotional distress, family challenges and difficult life transitions.
Our support is flexible and may include therapeutic intervention, mentoring, advocacy, psychoeducation, practical support and creative approaches depending on individual and family needs.
Available Online
Available in person
Hybrid
Referral & Waitlist
Funded places available · Self-funded options available
Trauma Intervention & Aftercare
Support following trauma, significant emotional distress, traumatic loss or destabilising life experiences.
We provide a safe space to process what has happened, understand its impact and begin rebuilding emotional wellbeing, stability and confidence.
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Therapeutic Intervention & Aftercare
Flexible, trauma-informed support for people experiencing the impact of trauma, emotional distress, loss or significant life changes. Support is shaped around the individual rather than requiring everyone to follow the same therapeutic pathway.
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Psychotherapeutic Counselling
One-to-one counselling for people who want a dedicated therapeutic space to explore trauma, emotional distress, loss, relationships or other experiences affecting their wellbeing.
Support is tailored to the individual and may help with understanding emotions, recognising patterns, processing difficult experiences and developing healthier ways of coping.
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Containment & Stabilisation
Short-term therapeutic support focused on helping individuals feel safer, more emotionally regulated and better able to manage following trauma, crisis or significant distress.
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Therapeutic Mentoring
Relationship-based one-to-one support combining emotional wellbeing, practical guidance, reflection and personal development.
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Grief, Loss & Bereavement
Therapeutic support following bereavement, traumatic loss and other significant forms of grief or life change.
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Advocacy & Professional Liaison
Support communicating with services, professionals and agencies where additional advocacy or coordinated support may be helpful.
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Free places per cohort
6 weeks
Programme length
x2
Per year
Free cohort places are limited and open 2 times a year. Join the waitlist to be notified when the next cohort opens.
Referral & Funded
Family Support
Referral
Whole-family support for families experiencing adversity, emotional distress, relationship difficulties or significant changes affecting family stability.
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Whole-Family Support
Support focused on communication, relationships, emotional wellbeing and strengthening the family as a whole.
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Family Therapy
Therapeutic support for families experiencing conflict, communication difficulties, trauma or significant changes affecting relationships and family stability. Sessions provide a structured space for family members to better understand one another, improve communication and work towards healthier patterns together.
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Advocacy
Support navigating services and communicating with schools, health professionals, local authorities and other agencies.
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Family Care Packages
Essential items and practical care packages may be available for families experiencing hardship or who have had to relocate because of adversity.
Free/funded support subject to eligibility · Self-funded options may be available
Parent & Carer Support
A supportive space for parents and carers who may be managing difficult family circumstances while also needing support with their own emotional wellbeing.
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One-to-One Parent Support
Individual emotional and practical support focused on the parent's or carer's needs.
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Advocacy & Navigating Services
Help understanding and communicating with education, health, social care and other professional services.
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Parenting Guidance
Support with communication, boundaries, relationships, emotional wellbeing and responding to challenges within the family.
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Workshops & Coffee Mornings
Parent & Carer Workshops :
Practical, supportive sessions around topics such as communication, emotional wellbeing, boundaries, parenting through adversity, understanding trauma, and navigating services.
Coffee Mornings :
Informal drop-in spaces for parents and carers to connect, talk, reduce isolation and access light-touch support, information and signposting.
Funded places available · Self-funded options available · Commissioned Support
Teenage & Young Parent Support
Specialist support for teenage and young parents navigating parenthood alongside their own emotional, educational, relationship and personal-development needs.
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Emotional Wellbeing & Parenting Confidence
Support for young parents to manage the emotional demands of parenthood, build confidence in their parenting, understand their own needs and responses, and develop healthy ways of coping with stress, change and responsibility.
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Advocacy & Practical Support
Help navigating services, appointments, education, housing and other areas of life that can become difficult to manage alone.
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Parenting Counselling
A supportive therapeutic space for young mums and dads adjusting to parenthood, whether parenting together or separately. Sessions can support parents to navigate the emotional and practical changes that come with having a child, improve communication, develop healthier co-parenting habits, manage conflict and build a more stable parenting relationship around the needs of their child.
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Young Parent Care Packages
Essential items and care packages may be available to young parents experiencing hardship or significant life transitions.
Safer Connections
Office based Only
Confidential, non-judgemental support helping young people develop healthier relationships, understand their choices and access reliable information around relationships and sexual wellbeing.
Healthy Relationships
Support to help young people understand what healthy, respectful and safe relationships look like, including consent, personal boundaries, communication, respect and recognising unhealthy or harmful relationship behaviours.
Sexual Health & Wellbeing
Reliable information and psychoeducation to help young people make informed decisions about their sexual health and wellbeing.
Sexual Health Kits
Access to FREE sexual health kits and practical resources, with signposting to specialist services where additional support is needed.
Partnership, Collaboration and commissioned
For Professionals & Organisations
Akima works with schools, charities, local authorities, community organisations and other services through commissioned support, training, consultancy and partnership working.
We can support organisations with:
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Trauma-informed practice
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Therapeutic mentoring
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Family and parent support
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Staff training and workshops
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Bespoke therapeutic or early-intervention programmes
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Referral pathways and commissioned client support