Seeds4Success (S4S) is a youth work charity based in Mere providing co-ordinated developmental youth work opportunities and targeted 1:1 support to young people across South West Wiltshire. We remain the main provider of positive activities for young people living in the area as well as a youth support service for those individuals who require targeted interventions. Being truly community based, Seeds4Success has a visible presence within the local area and, albeit a youth work organisation, many of its projects also have a positive impact on parents, carers and the wider community.

As statutory youth services and support for young people have reduced or disappeared over the past 10 years, Seeds4Success has grown and developed to fill gaps and respond to the changing local needs. The charity uses three key methods of youth work delivery: open access, targeted support and social action, delivering a broad range of development youth work opportunities throughout the week across South West Wiltshire. Fully aware of how social isolation negatively impacts young people and of how poor the rural transport networks are, S4S also provides transport to enable access to the majority of their projects.

With its broad range of initiatives which respond to the diverse needs of local young people, Seeds4Success has evolved into a wholistic community based youth service embedded within South West Wiltshire. Having a physical presence in the local community and positive reputation for delivering impactful projects, S4S is well positioned to attract, identify and support young people who may otherwise have fallen through the net. Once young people have developed trusting relationships with the charity, they often go on to access a wide range of opportunities which improve their physical and mental well-being, increase their confidence, enable them to gain qualifications and enhance their employability.