United Borders

🌿 Mental Health Awareness Week 🌿 I have teamed up with United Borders and Providence House to offer 50% off online counselling sessions booked during the month of May using the code MH26. At I Hold a Space Counselling, I provide a supportive and confidential online space for young adults aged 18–21, helping you navigate anxiety, stress, low mood, relationships, self-esteem, life changes and more. 💻 Online sessions only 💬 Safe, non-judgemental support 💷 £25 per session This Mental Health Awareness Week, prioritise you. 📩 Message to book a session or find out more 📧 [email protected] 📞 07778 316056 📅 Book a telephone consultation: cal.com/danielhw/telephone-consultation #iholdaspace #counselling #wandsworth #brent #youngadults

We were just featured on Secret London 🕺🏾 United Borders started because of a feud in my community in Brent. Two sides. Someone we knew lost their life. I bought a double-decker bus, put a recording studio on it, and started going to both sides. That bus is still out there — full studio, mentoring, homework, food. But the real work is the relationships we build with young people. If you know a young person aged 10–17 who’s at risk of exclusion, offending, or exploitation, our B.U.S. programme is free. No cost to local authorities, youth teams, schools, or PRUs Refer here 👉 /united_borders/referral

Young people don’t have to be the problem They can be the solution. 🎤 TRAUMA 2 TRIUMPH 🛑 Knife Crime Awareness Week — Let’s stop the violence A powerful community collaboration bringing people together through: 🎭 Performers 🎙 Real discussions 🛍 Stalls 🎶 Music, DJs & more 🍔 Food & drink 🚒 London Fire Brigade 🎙 Guest speakers: Raspect Rebellion, Faron Paul & Nary 🎭 Knife crime performance by young people 💃 Youth street dance performance 📍 Boxpark Wembley 🗓 Friday 22 May | 3–8PM 🎟 FREE ENTRY (14+) In collaboration with Brent Council, United Borders & Podxparty. Be part of the change.

We’re on ITV A recording studio. A podcast suite. A gaming space. All on a converted double decker bus travelling across London. But like I told the reporter, the music is only half the story. A lot of the young people who step onto the B.U.S. aren’t even interested in music at first. They come for the space. They come because they’re heard. Once they’re here, we use the creative process to talk about conflict, trauma, and their future. Whether they leave as a professional engineer or just a more confident young person, that’s the real win. Because we aren’t just teaching people how to mix tracks. We’re helping them mix a new life. Some of you saw my post about Joseph (Pyro) @pyro.vst recently. From the United Borders bus to HBO Max. That’s what’s possible when you give a young person the right environment. The B.U.S. programme works with young people aged 10–17 across every London borough. If you’re a school, AP, PRU, youth worker, social care professional or part of a youth justice team and you know a young person who could benefit, the referral process is simple. Message me directly or follow the link in my bio and let’s get them on the bus. 🚌 🔗 /united_borders/referral YEF funded B.U.S programme @youthendowfund Special thanks to @heed.communications #UnitedBorders #BUSProgramme #YouthWork #EarlyIntervention #ViolenceReduction

From school referral to HBO Max. That’s the journey of Pyro. 🎧 Known off stage as Joseph, Pyro is a former United Borders mentee and ambassador who mixed and mastered 5 tracks on Boom Box: Beats and Betrayal, the new groundbreaking true crime docudrama now streaming on HBO Max, described by the Guardian as the most astonishing British TV. He also got a cameo. 👀 Pyro came through the B.U.S. programme. Did work experience on the United Borders bus. And had his graduation in Parliament. And now his fingerprints are on a major HBO production. This is what it looks like when young people are given the right environment, the right mentors, and the right belief. We’ll be sharing more from Pyro later this week, in his own words, on his journey, his craft, and what United Borders meant to him. From the bus to your screen. 🚌🎬 Watch Boom Box: Beats and Betrayal on HBO Max now. Know a young person aged 10 to 17 who could benefit from free music mentoring? Our B.U.S. programme is open for referrals. Drop us a message or visit the link in our bio to find out more. 🎵 #UnitedBorders #BUS #YouthDevelopment #BoomBox #HBOMax MusicProduction YouthMentoring London

We drive a double decker bus directly to PRUs, schools and communities across London. Inside: a music studio, a podcast suite, a gaming suite, and mentors who genuinely care. This is the B.U.S. programme. Building an Understanding of Self. I’ve watched music unlock something in young people that nothing else could. It’s not about giving them something to do. It’s about giving them a language to understand themselves. And the tools to stay out of the system. We work with 10-17 year olds at risk of exclusion, exploitation and violence. We’re part of the Violence Reduction Unit. We’re independently evaluated by the Youth Endowment Fund: .uk/funding/evaluations/united-borders-b-u-s-programme/ And right now we have capacity for referrals across London. It’s completely free. If you work in youth justice, social care, a PRU or alternative provision and you have a young person in mind — please get in touch. 🔗 Referral /united_borders/referral Or message me directly. Let’s do more of this together. 🙏🏾 #UnitedBorders #BUSProgramme #YouthWork #MusicMentoring #London VRU YEF AlternativeProvision YouthJustice

It’s Tuesday and all roads lead to Wembley between 3-6pm. As part of @brentcouncil robberies reduction initiatives, we provide services to areas which have increased robberies. We target those areas with positive detached mentoring and a safe space for young people to create, relax, meet other young people and connect with a mentor. This has resulted in significant drops in robberies throughout Wembley and other areas within Brent. Sounds And Safety (SAS) works and young people have voted with their feet! Our delivery services across Brent have increased engagement. Thanks to the team at Brent who champion our efforts and continue to search for new ways to meet Young People where they are. Photography @carolinarapezzi

Love. At United Borders we love what we do. Yesterday we officially welcomed our newly recruited 9 members of staff and introduced them to our existing 7 and it was a seamless process, everybody chatting away as if they’ve known each other for years. Our recruitment process for our @youthendowfund delivery is complete. We are onboarding schools and receiving referrals so if you’re a school in London, contact us on [email protected] asap as we are working on a first come, first serve basis. The team visited our new hub which is in partnership with @youngbrentfoundation and being constructed by the fantastic @anitawhit_ and her amazing team @io_ldn and will be open and ready to serve young people by summer 2026. Love. We love what we do at United Borders 💖

Vacancies are NOW CLOSED!!!! 👏🏾🤝👏🏾🤝👏🏾🤝👏🏾🤝 Honestly our team have been overwhelmed by the response from all of the applicants. We appreciate everybody that has reached out 🫶🏾 Thanks to you all The Lines are NOW CLOSED.

DO YOU WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 10 -17? ABOUT US: United Borders is an award-winning London mentoring charity, dedicated to empowering young people and creating safer, stronger communities. We are proudly partnering with the Youth Endowment Fund and Cordis Bright to find long-term solutions to serious youth violence, while enhancing the lives and futures of Young People. WHAT WE DO: At United Borders, our mentoring programme delivers structured, one-to-one support for Young People facing elevated challenges, exclusion from school, inclusion units, complex behavioural challenges, potential involvement in gangs, youth violence, social media threats, coercion and contact with the criminal justice or care systems. WHY REFER TO UNITED BORDERS? If a Young Person is disengaged, at risk, or in crisis, a referral to United Borders can be a crucial turning point. We offer: One-to-one support from relatable, trauma-informed mentors A proven track record in reducing exclusions, violence and offending Tailored engagement pathways that meet young people where they are, a trusted community-based intervention that complements statutory services. WHO CAN JOIN? We are seeking referrals for Children and Young People who: Are aged 10–17 and living in London, at significant risk of exclusion, exploitation or involvement in violence. Are known to schools, PRUs, youth offending teams, social services, police, or other referral agencies.

Happy To Announce United Borders and Youth Endowment Fund partnership 🤝 United Borders are an award winning music mentoring charity, tackling serious youth violence across London. We are looking for dedicated mentors to inspire, guide and support young people aged 10-17 across Brent, Harrow and Westminster. We are recruiting: • 6 Full-time Mentors (£26,000 - £28,000) • 1 Part-time Mentor (£14,800 - £16,000) As a Mentor you will: - Build meaningful and trusting relationships with young people - Support education and life skills development - Deliver one-one and group mentoring sessions - Play a key part in our Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) evaluation study - Help create brighter futures for Young People in London Applicants from all backgrounds welcome 🙏🏾 🙏🏼🙏 •Working across Brent, Harrow and Westminster •One year fixed contract with potential to extend/become permanent. For more information or to apply send your CV to [email protected] ‘Be part of something powerful, Be a UnitedBorders Youth Mentor’

I’d like to thank the team for contributing to an important conversation around diversionary practices. Black children are 15% less likely to be diverted or referred to our services via the MET police, yet diversionary interaction reduces the likelihood of reoffending by 45%. Violent crime is reduced by 59.8% and knife offences is reduced by 70%. With serious youth violence reduced by almost half, why are Black boys still be discriminated against by not being referred? The Public health approach is working so why our charities like our own chronically underfunded and yet prisons are dangerously full? This report highlights the need for diversionary services to be better funded in order to support vulnerable Children and Young People. We would like to give special praise to @marni.icey_authentic who has turned his life around and supports our young people without ever mentioning his past. To talk on experiences attached to trauma is not an easy thing to do at all. We appreciate your openness and honesty Icey, thanks for the work you do with vulnerable young people, always providing emotional space and never judging people who are still in their journey 🫶🏾 #seriousyouthviolence #yef #vru #iambrent #mentoring #childcriminalexplotation #mindmapping