Kailo
Newham
Newham is one of Kailo’s Pioneer Places. It is an East London Borough with a rich cultural tapestry and a vibrant and diverse population. Yet about half of children in the area are living in poverty and inequalities are high. Local leaders and community champions are committed to making Newham a place for all young people to thrive.
Over 2023 and early 2024 the Kailo team has worked in partnership with local youth and community organisations, with support from Newham Borough Council, to engage with young people aged 14 to 25 from Newham. This was done to understand how violence, crime and access to community activities impact mental health and wellbeing for young people in the borough, and co-design approaches to address these. You can find out more via the ‘Latest’ page.
The work is informing the development of local inquiries, strategies and services across the borough, and has built capacity for youth voice and leadership within our partner organisations.
Our Partners in Newham
FAQs
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What exactly is Kailo?
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Kailo is a new programme of research and design that aims to work collaboratively with local communities (including young people, youth organisations, systems leaders and public service partnerships) to understand and address the wider issues that may impact a young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
The main aims of the project are to:
- Work closely with local partners and build strong relationships that reinforce local efforts to address the wider determinants of mental health issues amongst young people;
- Help build a deeper and more systemic shared view of the wider determinants of youth mental health, which surface new perspectives, challenges and opportunities;
- Support work that puts young people at the centre of the process to understand their experience, design new strategies and inform decisions;
- Collaborate to push forward and validate sustainable systemic approaches, which can continue to play a role in driving transformative change for young people. You can find out more about the approach here.
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Is Kailo bringing new money or resources into each area?
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Kailo is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP). This research grant primarily pays for a programme of research and development. Kailo is not bringing new money to pay for new services or interventions (and our work is focused on addressing the social determinants of young people’s mental health, as opposed to the equally important work of providing much needed treatment or mental health support services). We hope to help local areas plan how they might use existing resources to best effect, and may look to help bring in new money to the local areas if we can.
Irrespective, Kailo is bringing:
- Additional research skills, in areas such as systems mapping and modelling, data analysis and the application of existing evidence
- Further capacity for co-design, both to facilitate more work with young people and also build the capabilities of local partners that seek to take more of this approach;
Financial resources to pay for young people’s and community partners time in engaging with us - Employment opportunities for local young people to join UCL and Exeter University as paid Peer Researchers
- Some useful national profile and opportunities to influence policy via our expert advisory group co-chairs, Prof. Sir Michael Marmot and Dame Rachel de Souza (Children’s Commissioner for England).
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I work for a local organisation, school or agency – how can i get involved?
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We’d love to hear from you! There are various ways of getting involved, from a casual chat with one of our friendly team, to workshops, creative sessions or more in-depth research or design activities.
A great opportunity is to join the local Kailo Forum– this is a space where you’ll be invited to get involved, hear what we are learning as we go, and help shape the priorities and future direction of Kailo in your area.
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I need support with my mental health, can Kailo help?
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Kailo is not a mental health support service. If you are experiencing difficulties or a crisis with your mental health, or just need someone to talk to, there are a range of places we can direct you to.
If you are in North Devon, here are a range of local supports:- Young Devon
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust, for mental health emergencies tel: 08081968708
If you are in Newham, here are a range of local supports:
- Kooth
- Crisis line: Offer crisis support 24/7, contact the Newham Mental Health Crisis Line on freephone 0800 073 0066.
- Headstart Newham offer self help resources, support in schools and a befriending service
Here are some national helplines and support services:
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Are you planning on working beyond Newham and Northern Devon?
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Yes. Newham and Northern Devon are Kailo’s Pioneer Sites meaning we are developing, testing and refining the Kailo approach first in these areas. We intend on expanding the work into one or two new areas in 2023/24, with the ambition of scaling to make resources available for more communities after that.
If you are an area interested in getting involved in the future, please contact Thomas.Booker@ucl.ac.uk
