Off the Record Bath and North East Somerset (OTR) improves the emotional health and wellbeing of young people. We want every young person in Bath and North East Somerset and beyond to be emotionally healthy, confident and empowered in themselves.
We provide a range of free services for anyone aged 10-25 living, working or studying in BaNES, including counselling, listening support, youth participation, advocacy, support for care leavers and a LGBTQ+ focused youth group.
• Listening Support – A young person can have someone to talk to. The service provides information, support and counselling. This service is available for young persons between the age of 10-25. There is a School Outreach Service which is available to students in a number of B&NES secondary schools – it also delivers workshops in schools for all children at participating schools
• Advocacy Service – Is an advocacy service for children and young people aged 0-18 years old, who work, live or study in Bath.
Advocacy can help a child or young person in, or moving on from care, a child or young person subject to a child protection conference, a young person (aged 16 and 17) without a permanent home, a disabled child or young person (if they have not yet had their 19th birthday), a child or young person who wants to make a complaint about social services provision, a young person with special educational needs and/ or disability that wants help to prepare for their ‘Year 11 transition review’, looking at pathways to employment, independent living, community inclusion, health.
Young people in the BANES area - ages ranging from 10-25 dependant on the service required Referrals into the service can be made on the BANES Off the Record website.