To help young people access the appropriate support and assistance, which in turn, gives them the opportunity to be the best they can be.
About Stand For
About Stand For.
A not-for-profit organisation, supporting young people from 15 to 30 where others have let them down, through a lack of expertise, desire, budget, or sometimes all three.
Who we are
A not-for-profit organisation built to stand beside young people who have been let down by organisations that should know better.
STAND FOR is a not-for-profit organisation, which supports young people from 15 to 30 where others have let them down, either through a lack of expertise, desire, budget or sometimes all three.
STAND FOR’s mission is to empower and support young people to ensure they get their fair chance.
We work case by case, person by person. We are small. We are direct. We act.
STAND FOR’s mission is to empower and support young people to ensure they get their fair chance.
Nobody can help everybody, but everybody can help somebody.
Founder
Neil Tregarthen
Why Stand For exists
A founder who knows what it feels like to be the young person no one is fighting for.
“Nobody can help everybody, but everybody can help somebody.”
After an unhappy adolescence in Cornwall, Neil arrived in London for the first time on his 19th birthday, with £150, no job, and nowhere to live. A London cab driver and his wife gave him a chance: a camp bed in a small linen room until he could find work.
Forty years later, Neil returned to Cornwall, having built and sold a business with a turnover of more than US$1 billion. He created Stand For to do for young people exactly what that couple did for him.
Voice. Mentorship. Resolution.
We analyse the individual challenge, work with the young person to agree a resolution, and then support them in delivering the right outcome.
We give the young person a voice
We make sure the young person we’re working with is heard, by the people, services and institutions who haven’t been listening.
We mentor and support
We mentor, and where appropriate provide financial support, so the young person isn’t carrying the load alone.
We analyse and resolve
We work with the young person to analyse their individual challenge, agree a resolution, and support them in delivering the right outcome.
How Stand For takes on cases
Stand For is a small, focused team. We do not operate as a crisis service. Cases are considered at our monthly young person review meeting, and we work with each young person individually. If you’d like to suggest someone, please use the contact form.
Stand with us
Help a young person get their fair chance.
Talk to the team about supporting Stand For, whether that’s a direct contribution or by referring a young person we may be able to help.