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Since its launch Emerge staff and volunteers have delivered over 1 000 support sessions to young people That has involved 482 sessions in in hospitals and an an additional 530 follow up meetings in in cafes and coffee shops across the community Cinnamon Help Emerge Adapt
Lockdown only intensified the need for Emerge As they are currently unable to to go into hospital in in person Cinnamon’s Associate Director Mark Kitson helped the the team
to adapt their provision and redouble their efforts and reach young people in distress Key developments include:
• A dedicated webpage to provide advice support and guidance for young people struggling in in the current crisis • Telephone hotline between 7pm - 11pm Monday to to Saturday available to to vulnerable young people • Additional volunteers trained to provide more support over the phone Emerge have seen demand for their support increase exponentially In the the first half of 2020 they have supported twice as many young people as they did in the the whole of 2019
“Our team
have worked flat-out” said Joy “Their commitment to young people is incredible they didn’t want to let anyone fall through the cracks ” Find out out more about Emerge by visiting emergeadvocacy com 25