42nd Street (Manchester)

What we do

Here at 42nd Street, we recognise how difficult it can be to take that first step and tell someone how you’re really feeling. With that said, our workers, counsellors and therapists are here to help you understand the things that are affecting you and develop positive coping strategies along the way.
All of our services are free, confidential and give you the opportunity to open up in a safe and understanding environment. Each one offers something slightly different depending on what it is that you want to work on. Feel free to browse through our services below and see which ones might work best for you.

We provide the following;

Psycho-social Support (Early Help)
Psycho-social Support (Complex Needs)
Counselling
IAPT: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
IAPT: Counselling for Depression
Advocacy
Online Support
Integrated Community Response service
Support in schools and colleges
Therapeutic group work
Identity-based groups
Social action programmes
Peer Research
Creative projects via our arts and wellbeing venue, The Horsfall
We also provide professional services:

Consultancy
Professional Training Programme
We are actively involved in research partnerships which our rooted in young people’s experiences and which seek to create a powerful evidence base to influence the way services are designed and delivered.

42nd Street is an innovative Greater Manchester young people’s mental health charity with 40 years’ experience of providing free and confidential services to young people who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional wellbeing, learn how we help young people here.

The 42nd Street team recognises that many young people feel disempowered, that some services are difficult for them to identify with and access and that their mental health and personal difficulties can be made worse by the health, social, cultural and economic inequalities that they might experience

We will do all we can to make young people feel listened to, valued, included, safe and unique.

Our Vision and Mission

42nd Street’s vision is for inclusive, accessible mental health and wellbeing support and opportunities for all young people.

Our shared mission is to support young people with your emotional well-being and mental health by offering a choice of effective, creative, young person-centred and rights based approaches. By demonstrating local impact with national significance, we drive meaningful change that makes a positive difference to the lives of young people.

Our Social Objectives
Our social objectives underpin everything that we do, keeping us focused and with a clear sense of purpose. Our social objectives are to:

Improve young people’s mental health and well-being.
Empower young people to make decisions about their own lives, campaign for social justice and influence system change.
Embed systemic anti-oppressive practice and cultures that champions inclusion.
Learn from young people, educate, raise awareness and celebrate difference.