At Red Kite, we know the right support at the right time can be life changing, and our Springboard funding continuously helps make that possible.
Working with aMazing Therapy Centre (aTC), we’ve helped bring professional counselling to tenants who were facing difficult moments in their lives. This included relationship breakdowns, health issues, and other challenges that can make it hard to cope day-to-day or even put someone’s home at risk.
We created this service in direct response to the gaps tenants were facing in existing support. Many told us that affordability, long waiting lists, and limits on the number of sessions made it difficult to get the help they needed, when they needed it. By working with aTC, we were able to design a service that removes these barriers.
Thanks to our Springboard funding, a pilot bespoke counselling service was launched in autumn 2025, offering free, one-to-one sessions specifically for Red Kite tenants. Since then, twelve tenants have taken part in an eight-week programme, with some choosing to continue for longer. Sessions have been flexible, with options to meet online, over the phone, or in person, depending on what works best for each individual.
The difference this support has made has been remarkable. Tenants have told us they feel better able to manage changes in their lives, take control of their situation, and look after their homes.
One tenant shared how much the support meant to them:
“The work Red Kite and aMazing Therapy Centre have done with me has been a Godsend and a lifeline. I’m not the same person I was when you first met me.
I cannot thank you enough for the support, kindness and help you have given me. It has had a phenomenal effect on my life. I feel like a bird out of a cage.
Working with my aTC counsellor has given me new tools, a new way of thinking about life and a new way of thinking about myself.
I don’t think I would still be here without Red Kite and aTC.”
The impact has also been clear from the counselling team delivering the sessions. Reflecting on the project, aMazing Therapy Centre said:
“Tenants consistently told us how grateful they were for access to funded, confidential counselling - saying they felt heard, supported and not judged.”
This project is just one example of how our community funding helps us work with local partners to deliver practical, meaningful support. By investing in services that focus on wellbeing, we’re helping tenants not just cope during difficult times, but feel more confident about the future.
Community funding
If you’re working on a project that could support Red Kite tenants and strengthen our community, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about the community funding we offer and apply.
