What GRIT is about.
Growing Resilience in Teens (GRIT)
GRIT is a charity supporting young people just like you facing difficulties with their mental health.
Our Founder’s Story
GRIT was founded in 2018 by Dr Louise Randall, who, as a teenager, faced her own challenges with mental health.
As a doctor who has worked in the NHS since 2004, Louise was determined to honour the mission of her fifteen-year-old self, to change the way the system works for young people struggling with their mental health.
After coming across harmful online content encouraging self-harm, she was driven by her personal story and professional experience to create Growing Resilience in Teens (GRIT): a safe space where young people can feel understood, build confidence, strengthen resilience, and realise their full potential.
Four Corners Method
What makes GRIT different is the way we combine health and wellbeing coaching with non-contact boxing. Our coaching gives you practical tools to make healthier choices, challenge negative thinking, and build positive habits. At the same time, our coaching sessions offer a safe, physical and mental outlet to release frustration and manage the intense emotions that often come with mental health struggles.
We call this approach our Four Corners Method.
I really enjoyed GRIT it was the only thing I looked forward to in the week, and it’s quite amazing how different I look at certain situations and try and help not to be a part of a bad situation.
A Young Person
GET HELP
In order to see if our services can help you, we ask that you fill out our referral form, and then wait for a member of our team to contact you about how we can support you.
If we feel you need alternative support we will signpost you to additional services that may be able to help you. Please note that these services are not provided by GRIT, and we cannot speak to their quality or share personal experience of them.
Online Coaching Sessions
If you live out of the geographic area we serve or can’t meet with a coach in person, we’ll happily talk through the option of online coaching sessions with you.
Issues we can help you with
Many of our young people have shared difficulties with things such as anxiety, bullying, difficulties at home, disordered eating, drug/alcohol misuse, grief, school avoidance and self harm. If you have or are struggling with any of these issues or other issues impacting your mental health, know that you are not alone and there is support available for you.
We know that long waits for support can make your mental health feel even worse, that’s why we’re here to help you face those challenges early, before things start to feel too overwhelming.
- Anxiety
- Bullying
- Difficulties at home
- Disordered eating
- Drug/alcohol misuse
- Grief
- School avoidance
- Self harm
If you need urgent help, please call 999 or contact the Single Point of Access (SPA) team on 0800 644 4101, available 24/7 for mental health support.