Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound, has taken on the staff and activities of fellow Derby organisation, the Enthusiasm Trust, to expand the range of support available for some of the most vulnerable young people and their families in the city and county.
As of 14 June 2024 Enthusiasm is no longer operating as a separate charity and staff at Enthusiasm will be part of the wider Safe and Sound team in Darley Abbey.
Safe and Sound is currently working to refurbish and open a city centre base in Bold Lane. In the meantime, Enthusiasm’s current youth hub in Cotton Lane will be the base for the majority of engagement with young people and families currently supported by both charities.
Safe and Sound works with children, young people and their families across Derbyshire whose lives have been affected by child exploitation including online grooming, sexual exploitation, County Lines, trafficking, modern slavery and radicalisation.
Enthusiasm helped thousands of children from disadvantaged backgrounds reach their full potential by providing clubs, workshops, homework support, one-to-one mentoring programmes, delivering programmes in schools for those young people at risk of exclusion and working with parents and families to offer opportunities to gain skills, employment, knowledge, and experience from a variety of activities.
For more information about Safe and Sound visit: www.safeandsoundgroup.org.uk
