Welcome to Youth Realities
Youth Realities is a youth-led charity based in Barnet, addressing teenage relationship abuse through creative education and specialist, survivor-centred support.
Youth Realities
Our vision is a world where young people live free from relationship abuse and violence.
Our mission is to end relationship abuse and violence by working with young people to provide specialist spaces for prevention, intervention and healing.
Everything we do is ‘youth-led’ and ‘survivor-centred’ which means we centre the needs and experiences of young people and survivors, providing regular opportunities for them to feedback, co-produce and lead on the delivery, design and development of the charity.
Our values, embedded in the heart of our work are: youth-led, survivor-centred, safe, equitable and audacious.
Youth Realities
What Should Love Look Like?
We have created a guide all about healthy relationships, are you in one, how to have one and how to know it’s not one. ‘What should love look like?’ is a guide, designed to empower young people with the knowledge to recognise abusive behaviours and foster healthy relationships, tailored for individuals aged 11-25. The guide is intended for young people to complete independently, with a friend or trusted adult but it also comes with a group facilitation guide for professionals that want to use it with groups of young people. The guide is also available in romanian.
Youth Realities
Training and consultancy for professionals
1:1 Support (YPIDVA)
Wellbeing Workshops
Targeted domestic and relationship abuse, sexual violence and exploitation advocacy support for young survivors aged between 11-25 living or studying in Barnet and surrounding boroughs.
Youth Realities
Our Aims
Reduce abuse within teenage relationships
Increase awareness of & challenge abuse through education
Empower young people’s personal development & growth
Provide specialist advocacy and trusted support for young survivors.
How we
our young people
In a recent survey all our young people described feeling scared and vulnerable coming into our services with:
saying they had a poor/OK knowledge of healthy relationships.
After using our services:
felt helped and that their situation had improved
of 889 students learnt more about domestic abuse from our Deepin Relationships workshops
of 889 students would recommend Deepin Relationships workshops to a friend or family member
of young women who completed their 1:1 YPVA support in 2022 reported an increase to their safety and
wellbeing
of young women who completed their 1:1 YPVA support in 2022 reported a ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ experience
with the service
Love doesn't hurt
Do you no longer feel safe and happy in your relationship?
Sometimes we feel a little unsure about our relationships, maybe something has changed and you aren’t as happy as you used to be, are scared and feel as though you’re ‘walking on eggshells’.
Sometimes, we know exactly what we are experiencing, but we just don’t know what to do next.
