WHO WE ARE
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
We believe young people are not defined by where they start or what they’ve faced — they are defined by their strength, their potential, and the futures they choose to create.
OUR MISSION
At Endure, we work with young people aged 16–25 who are too often overlooked — those out of education, training, or work, at risk of offending, or facing disadvantage. We provide trauma-informed 1:1 mentoring, skills development, peer support, and real-world opportunities that help them believe in themselves, build their futures, and become leaders of tomorrow. Guided by lived experience and youth voice, we are not just helping young people change their own lives — we’re helping them change the systems that failed them.
TESTIMONIAL
“I used to think my past was all people would ever see, like the mistakes I made or the things I’ve been through would always define me. Endure made me feel seen for who I really am, not just where I’ve come from. They helped me believe in myself again, and now I know I’m capable of so much more than I ever thought.”
Caiyan Balfour- Buchanan
Ex Particiapant & Peer Mentor
OUR WORK
At Endure, we deliver three core projects designed to create real change for young people aged 16–25. Our 1:1 trauma-informed mentoring pairs young people with lived experience mentors who understand their journey. Through our Roots to Employment programme, delivered via the Riverside Café, we provide hands-on work placements and vital employability skills. And through Who Cares?, we amplify the voices of care-experienced young people, those at risk, NEET, or affected by the criminal justice system and statutory service engagement — using their lived experience to train professionals and push for better practice across systems.