Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2025
Black Thrive Lambeth

Thrive & Vibe Wellbeing Programme Impact Report 2025

Black Thrive Lambeth's Thrive & Vibe programme is a BBC Children in Need-funded co-produced wellbeing initiative for young Black and mixed heritage children in Lambeth, designed by 11 community researchers aged 8–13. The programme delivered four events — Glow Up, Level Up, The Actors Toolkit and Rhythm & Rhymes — reaching 164 young people in total across gaming, drama, poetry, hair care and self-worth workshops. Over 90% of young people in poetry sessions reported experiencing anxiety or depression, and all activities were free. The programme was co-produced throughout: young researchers led on naming, curating, facilitating and evaluating every event from their weekly base at Brixton Tate Library.

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Glow Up self-worth workshop (hair care, vision boards, affirmation cards, crochet — in partnership with Black Girl Fest and MCR Braiding); Level Up gaming and mental health sessions (in partnership with Esports Youth Club, BigKid Foundation, CHIPS and Baytree Centre); The Actors Toolkit drama and emotional expression workshop (facilitated by professional Black actors Tom Moutchi and Demmy Ladipo); Rhythm & Rhymes poetry and journaling sessions in schools (Norwood High School and Phoenix Place, in partnership with Poetic Unity CIC); all sessions free; goody bags with Black-owned hair care products Custom geography from upload: Lambeth, South London, UK (Brixton, West Norwood, Angell Town)

📊Key Metrics

164 young Black and mixed heritage people reached across four co-produced wellbeing events; 65 students reached through Rhythm & Rhymes poetry workshops in Lambeth schools Key Metric 1
45 young women attended Glow Up (hair, skin, self-worth workshop); 40 young people engaged through Level Up gaming sessions across Lambeth youth clubs; 14 participated in The Actors Toolkit drama workshop Key Metric 2
Over 90% of young people in Rhythm & Rhymes poetry sessions said they had experienced anxiety or depression; programme co-produced with 11 young researchers aged 8–13 using the Tree of Life strengths-based approach Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Glow Up participants left with improved confidence in hair care and self-esteem; Actors Toolkit: all participants said they would attend future sessions and loved the format; young researchers involved in naming, curating and producing all four events
  • Research phase identified poverty, homelessness and racialised bullying as top factors affecting Black children's mental health in Lambeth — programme directly addressed all three through co-designed activities
  • Programme co-produced by 11 young researchers (Asmahan, Azariah, Anu, Kayaan, Latyree, Raphel, Saleema, Sharon, Shakari, Yejide and Zahara) who met weekly at Brixton Tate Library — redefining young people as architects rather than recipients of youth programmes

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