Focusing Minds CIC

17/11/2025

Short but sweet, our riddle for this week. Have a go and pop your answers in the comments.

16/11/2025

The easiest way to get behind Focusing Minds CIC is to sign up to easyfundraising! It's simple, shop with 8,000+ online retailers and we'll receive a free donation.

This month only, with their Free £2 App-eal, if you register to support us via their app, we'll get a bonus £2! Please get the app now and use it for all your Black Friday and Christmas shopping. Thank you!

Raising money for your chosen cause has never been easier with the easyfundraising mobile fundraising app. Learn more now!

15/11/2025

Why choose Focusing Minds to support your child?

It's one of the questions initially asked when we began this journey in early 2020 (under our predecessor Headway and Focusing Minds Ltd).

We wanted to provide support at an early intervention level, at a time where even before Covid, the number of young people requiring some level of support was beginning to rise.

It was essential that our support was based around specific, individual needs, that the approach was person-centred, empathetic and met the young person at their entry point.

What has followed has been a phenomenal (almost) six years, with hundreds of young people supported in our local communities in Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, as well as local schools.

Here's some feedback from Sally and Steve, parents who were concerned about their daughter's mental health and wellbeing as she journeyed through Year 9. She left us in the summer having made some significant progress, leaving with an increased self-awareness, inner self-confidence and skills required to tackle early adulthood.

This is why we do what we do and are incredibly passionate about it. If you know a child or young person in need right now, reach out to us to see how we can help.

14/11/2025

As part of our fundraising efforts here at Focusing Minds CIC, we have launched our fundraising football card.

Entering is easy:

✍️pick your team(s) by commenting below, private messaging us on Facebook, via email: hello@tomakeprogress.co.uk or WhatsApp: 07305 893775.

💬 leave us a contact number or email address (so we send you a secure payment link and to contact you if you win!).

💷make your payment through our secure link.

⏳ wait for the card to fill and keep an eye on our socials, where we will announce the draw date and winners (you will also be contacted directly).

You are welcome to ask us to select a random team for you, or provide several teams in order of preference as your pick may have already been sold.

‼️The prizes‼️

We have five cash prizes on offer:
🥇1st winner: £200
🥈2nd winner: £100
🥉3rd winner: £50
🏅4th winner: £25
🏅5th winner: £25

❓Why take part?❓

Since forming as a CIC, we have made it our goal to deliver our services to as wide a range of young people as we can by offering our bespoke, high-impact support free of charge.

We aim to raise £600 from this football card which will allow us to deliver two, 10-session programmes of support to a child or young person in need in our local communities.

14/11/2025

Children in need will be live this evening on the BBC. This year's focus has centred around the 'Challenge Yourself To 25' fundraising campaign to raise much-needed funds.

Although the telethon as we know it originally aired in 1980 (with mascot Pudsey debuting in 1985) did you know that the first televised CIN fundraiser was actually aired in 1955...before this, the appeal started as far back as 1927 with a BBC radio appeal!

CIN are sadly only able to fund 1 in 6 requests organisations like us at Focusing Minds make to deliver much-needed support and services to young people. We're hoping that, in what are still challenging times, this year's event can raise a significant amount.

10/11/2025

It's Monday, so it's time for our latest riddle! Can you suss this one out? Have a go, pop your answers in the comments below.

10/11/2025

It's Odd Socks Day! Are you wearing your odd socks? This week marks the start of anti-bullying week 2025.

Here at Focusing Minds, we work - and have worked - with many young people both the victim and perpetrators of bullying.

We are committed to supporting young people who need help and support in exploring their feelings and circumstances of bullying.

05/11/2025

This evening is Bonfire Night. Although many events will take place this weekend - or indeed over last - there will still be plenty of explosions across the night sky this evening!

Data obtained by the Children's Burns Trust has shown a four-fold increase in firework related burn injuries to young people in the last year, highlighting the risks involved and how easily younger people are accessing fireworks.

If you are attending an event, stay safe and if you are holding an event at home, ensure fireworks are kept at a suitable distance and away from children.

04/11/2025

The easiest way to get behind Focusing Minds CIC is to sign up to easyfundraising! It's simple, shop with 8,000+ online retailers and we'll receive a free donation.

This month only, with their Free £2 App-eal, if you register to support us via their app, we'll get a bonus £2! Please get the app now and use it for all your Black Friday and Christmas shopping. Thank you!

Raising money for your chosen cause has never been easier with the easyfundraising mobile fundraising app. Learn more now!

16/10/2025

We have recently had some openings with immediate availability for our support sessions for children and young people in our Ossett support space.

Do you know a young person who'd benefit from some support right now? Reach out to us to see how our bespoke, child-centred services can help.