The Gap
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The Gap
A campaign co-designed by students at Wirral Grammar School
In some of the UK’s most deprived communities, young people are facing far greater mental health challenges than their wealthier peers because support isn’t equal.
Young people in high-deprivation areas face greater mental health challenges, higher levels of distress, and fewer routes to support than their wealthier peers. That gap isn’t accidental. It’s structural and it’s costing young people their wellbeing and their futures.
The Gap campaign exists to change that.
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This Small Charities Week, help CLOSE THE GAP.
All donations through Big Give are doubled, meaning every contribution has twice the impact for young people living with inequality.
£5,000 to £10,000
We did it! Thanks to you!
Our fundraising target for this campaign was £5,000, automatically doubled to £10,000 ... and we’re thrilled to share that we reached our goal.
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This incredible support means we can now reach another 1,000 children and young people, offering help before they hit crisis point.
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Last year, we supported 1,034 young people across the entire year, so reaching this number in just one week is a huge milestone.
Thank you for making it possible.
Grace's story​
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Youth Board member & Creator of Campaign, age 15
There have been several periods in my school life when I felt too feminine or shy to be noticed by mental health services. I’d spoken to my school on multiple occasions about my mental health and how it took a toll on my performance in school, just to be told that I wasn’t sick enough. At that time, I had recently found out I was going to have a disability which would affect me for the rest of my life, leaving me unable to do certain activities like dance.
Not once was this taken into consideration when I was forgotten about. Being told that there were no physical signs of my deterioration destroyed me inside. Meanwhile, boys who were portrayed as naughty because they acted up in lessons and were known to be troublesome were being referred to mental health services every day. It made me think, “Do I need to become aggressive and disrupt people’s lives for people to hear me?”
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Because if not me, who?
Because if not us, who?’
