Enjoy a scenic walk through Bath that connects iconic streets, gentle waterways and green meadows, guided by Bathscape and The Bath 5k Map. A relaxed, sociable community walk designed to create opportunities to chat and learn about the nature and heritage of Bath, while supporting two vital local youth charities, Mentoring Plus and Off the Record. The walk also...
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Off the Record BaNES charity for young people appoints Rosie Backhouse as New CEO
Off the Record Bath and North East Somerset (OTR) has announced the appointment of Rosie Backhouse as its new Chief Executive Officer. Off the Record BaNES is a charity that improves the emotional health and wellbeing of young people aged 10–25 across Bath and North East Somerset. Offering free, confidential and independent 1:1 and group services,...
Big BaNES 100k challenge – raising funds for local youth charities
Walkers, runners, cyclists and water lovers are being called to take part in this year’s Big BaNES 100k – a flexible, nature-based challenge supporting local youth charities Mentoring Plus and Off The Record (OTR). Running now until Friday 26 September, the event invites local residents to cover 100km in any way they choose – be...
Boys and young men asked to take part in survey to improve wellbeing services
Off The Record (OTR) Bath & North East Somerset wants to hear from boys and young men in BaNES aged 10 -25 about their experiences seeking mental health support. OTR is a mental health and wellbeing charity providing free, confidential and independent support to young people aged 10-25 across Bath and North East Somerset. The...
Off the Record’s 30th anniversary appeal seeks to hit £100,000 target by Christmas
Off the Record Bath & North East Somerset (OTR) recently celebrated its 30 years of supporting young people in Bath and the surrounding area. One of our largest local charities for young people, OTR supports secondary schools, community centres, LGBTQ+ young people and those in care and care experienced, amongst the most vulnerable in our...
Off The Record is encouraging more schools to support neurodivergent pupils
Owen Everett of Off The Record in Bath explains how the BANES Youth Forum has been working to make mainstream schools more accessible to neurodivergent pupils For the past nine months young people from the BANES Youth Forum, a group supported by the youth wellbeing charity Off The Record (OTR) BANES, has been working on...
The Big BaNES 100k – walk, run, cycle or do it your way to raise funds local youth charities
Walk, run, cycle, swim, skate, kayak or do it your way! This is the call from local youth charities, Mentoring Plus and Off The Record, and creators of The Bath 5k Map, who have teamed up to launch The Big BaNES 100k – a new nature-based fundraising challenge, to support young people’s mental health and...
Off The Record launches the Young Future Appeal to support young people in B&NES
Today, local young people’s mental health charity, Off the Record B&NES (OTR) launches its new appeal to raise badly-needed funds to transform the lives of young people in our community. The Young Futures Appeal aims to raise £100,000 to extend OTR’s listening and counselling services to local young people who are under-represented in receiving support...
Bath teenagers asked ‘Should BANES re-join the UK Youth Parliament?’
Bath group Off The Record is asking 11-18 year-olds who live, study or work in Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) to take part in two short surveys to give their views on subjects that will be of real interest to them. The first survey aims to give local young people a say on whether...
BaNES Youth Groups arrange a youth-led mental health event
by Maddie, one of the young organisers BaNES Youth Groups worked together to arrange a youth-led mental health event on Wednesday 11 October, the day after World Mental Health Day. The team organised several workshops and a panel of young people and professionals to discuss options and experiences around mental health. The event ran from...