SELFA is a children’s charity based in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Its mission is to support children and families experiencing vulnerabilities, to build resilience, thrive and achieve. It delivers health and well-being programmes, peer support groups, targeted holiday workshops and trips/residential breaks.
SELFA participated in Pilotlight 360. For stories from the programme take a look at the case studies.
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SELFA's seven-year triumph
In 2016 SELFA Children's Charity were recipients of a Weston Charity Award, which not only supported the organisation with a core grant of £6,500 from the Garfield Weston Foundation, but also began a period of transformation through the Pilotlight 360 programme.
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Setting a focused vision for the future for SELFA
"This time last year we weren't winning funding bids, and I couldn't work out why. Now I know why. We can go into a meeting and say who we are and where we're going. And now we're winning bids, and being approached to apply for bids. I don’t think in my whole career I’ve had a year like this – it’s been a transformational process for me.”
Everyone has a piece to put down
“When you first start you feel like you’re putting down all these pieces of a jigsaw, looking for how they fit together.