Blue Elephant Future Steps CiC

28/05/2026

28/05/2026

💙 Little Blue Bag Project 💙

We are currently looking for donations to help support our Little Blue Bag Project- providing free period products to people in our community who may be struggling 🐘

We would be incredibly grateful for donations of:
• Period products
• Toiletries and self-care items

Donations can be dropped off at:
📍 Nellie’s Coffee Bar
📍 Blue Elephant Head Office

Every donation, no matter how small, helps somebody feel supported, valued, and cared for.

Thank you for continuing to support our community projects 💙🐘

20/05/2026

More Little Blue Bags are back .bar Just ‘Ask for Nellie’ 💙🐘☕️

12/05/2026

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to talk about something many care experienced people experience quietly… loneliness 💚

Loneliness is not just about being physically alone. It can be feeling disconnected, unsupported, or like nobody truly understands your experiences.

Research and lived experiences continue to show that care experienced adults are more likely to experience isolation, especially during transitions into adulthood when support networks, relationships, and routines can suddenly change.

Sometimes the hardest part is not wanting to burden people.
Sometimes it’s feeling like everyone else already has their “people.”
Sometimes it’s simply not knowing where you belong.

Mental health is deeply connected to connection, community, and belonging - which is why spaces where people feel safe, welcomed, and understood matter so much.

At Future Steps, we know support is not always about big interventions. Sometimes it starts with a conversation, a coffee, a familiar face, or simply somewhere to go where you do not have to explain yourself. 🫶

This Thursday, our Care Experienced Hub is open at Nellie’s Coffee Bar for anyone who would like to come along for a relaxed evening of conversation, connection, and support.

☕ Free drinks
🤝 Meet others with shared experiences
💚 A welcoming, judgement-free space
📍Signposting and support if wanted
🫶 Or simply somewhere to not feel alone for a couple of hours

📍 Nellie’s Coffee Bar
🕕 Thursday | 6pm–8pm

You do not have to navigate life alone. 🐘💚

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11/05/2026

💚 Mental Health Awareness Week 💚

Being care experienced doesn’t mean you stop needing support, guidance, or people who care about you.

Mental health can be impacted by so many things- uncertainty, loneliness, trauma, navigating adulthood early, or simply carrying experiences that others may never fully understand.

This week, we want to remind every care experienced young adult that:
✨ You are not “too much”
✨ You are not behind
✨ You are allowed to ask for help
✨ You deserve support, stability, and softness too

You do not have to carry everything on your own and that why we set up Future Steps 💚

BlueElephantChildcare

10/05/2026

Our next hub meeting is this Thursday 14th May 2026! We can’t wait to see you there. Please message the page if you have any questions ☕️🐘💙

05/04/2026

Happy Easter 🐣

04/04/2026

Our next Future Steps Hub meet up for people who have care experience is on Thursday 9th April, 6pm-8pm at Nellie’s Coffee Bar. No need to contact us to book- just come along! 🐘☕️

16/03/2026

Thank you! 💙🐘

A huge thank you to the Portmore Ladies Section for their incredibly kind donation of £500 to Blue Elephant Future Steps CIC.

This funding will go directly towards supporting our Future Steps Hub, helping us continue creating opportunities, support, and community for people who have experienced care.

We are so grateful for the generosity and encouragement from our local community. Every contribution helps us build something meaningful for the young people we support.

Thank you for believing in what we are doing 💙

Portmore Golf Park

19/02/2026

✨ Future Steps Hub – Our First Meet Up ✨

We are so proud to be launching our very first Future Steps Hub – a welcoming space for adults with care experience aged 18–100+.

☕ Coffee, conversation and shared space
💬 Time to chat, connect or just sit quietly together
🤝 Gentle signposting and support (if wanted)

📅 Thursday 12th March 2026
🕕 6pm–8pm
📍 Nellie’s Coffee Bar, 11 Gammon Walk, Barnstaple

Whether you’d like to meet new people, reconnect, or just pop in for a brew – you are so welcome.

This has been created with love, and with the belief that care experience doesn’t end at 18. Community matters. Connection matters. You matter.

A huge thank you to Devon County Council and Portmore Golf Park for helping make this possible.

If you know someone who might benefit, please share 💙