Romsey Mill

11/10/2026

This World Mental Health Day weekend, Romsey Mill is supporting Mind in advocating for improved support to ensure that everyone gets the help that they need.

Through our relational, community-based youth work, Romsey Mill’s youth workers are alongside many young people when they need help and experience crises.

Here is Rose’s* story:

Rose has engaged with our youth workers for several years, attending one of our weekly youth clubs and integrating herself into the Romsey Mill community.

Rose suffers from PTSD, depression, anxiety and is additionally diagnosed with ADHD. Although medicated and supported by CAMHS, she is still a very vulnerable young person in the community. At times her behaviour can be risk-taking and erratic, linked to emotional distress and the complexity of her diagnoses.

Rose is very open about her emotions and experiences with our youth workers, with whom she has built a relationship of trust.

When she attends our weekly youth club sessions, she gets the chance to offload some worries and talk them through.

Last year, we felt Rose would benefit from some more targeted support and one of our female youth workers offered regular 1-1 sessions in the community.

These focused sessions provide Rose with dedicated time each week to reflect on and unpack how she has been feeling and coping. Within these sessions, our youth worker discusses sleeping and eating patterns, living arrangements and relationships, and how these areas impact Rose’s wellbeing.

This has enabled us to support Rose’s emotional development, promote her wellbeing, and respond when she is experiencing times of crisis.

When Rose’s personal circumstances meant that she felt she was at risk of homelessness, she sought her youth worker to talk through the situation and seek support.

We were able to help, advocating to the Council for her to be offered local accommodation, so she could remain connected to her existing support network and maintain the positive social connections she has built through Romsey Mill.

Although we are still on a journey with Rose, it is encouraging to reflect on the strong and trusting relationships that have been built and the support network she now has within the community she has met through Romsey Mill and our team.

*The name of this young person has been changed

09/10/2026

06/10/2026

It’s National Hygiene Week 💙

One area of our work is the Blue Bag Project, launched in 2020 to support young people experiencing period and hygiene poverty.

What started with providing period products in Cambourne has grown across Cambridgeshire, providing essential items such as shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes - freely, discreetly and with no judgement.

No young person should have to miss school, stay at home or miss out with friends because they can’t afford basic hygiene products.

Together, we’re helping young people feel confident, included and able to take part in everyday life.

30/09/2026

🏃🏽‍♂️ Cambridge Half Marathon 2027 - Charity Places Available! 🏃🏼‍♀️

Places for the Cambridge Half Marathon 2027, on Sunday March 14th, are now sold out, however, Romsey Mill still have charity places available 🏃🏼‍♀️

If you would like a place to run for Romsey Mill, please complete the form below to secure your place. We’d love to have you join us!

Places are £25, with a fundraising target of £250 to reflect the need for the charity to raise as many funds as possible.

https://app.donorfy.com/form/60NYW6U5Z1/CHM27

Thank you for your support! 🏃🏽‍♂️

17/09/2026

What a great day out!

Thank you to everyone who helped to make this year’s Bridge the Gap charity walk such a tremendous event, last Sunday!

Walkers, volunteers, sponsors and event partners, including the University of Cambridge’s colleges all came together to help add some sparkle in the rain!

Over 2,000 people helped raise more than £57,000, to be shared evenly between the two charity partners: Arthur Rank Hospice Charity and Romsey Mill.

In its 26th anniversary year, Bridge the Gap has now raised over £860,000 in total, for local charities, with over 51,000 walkers.

Thank you to The Cambridge Building Society (headline sponsor), Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Rotary Club of Cambridge UK and the Society of Cambridge Tour Guides.

Big shout out too for the 150 volunteers and AristoCaters for providing refreshments for them all.

16/09/2026

Celebrating the work our mums, from the Young Parents Programme, produced as part of their Arts Award at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 🎉

13/09/2026

It’s Bridge the Gap day!

We are ready to welcome you at Parker’s Piece! We’re very much looking forward to seeing you enjoy yourselves today, whilst raising funds for some life-changing work across Cambridgeshire. THANK YOU for your support! 😀

Special thanks to our sponsors: The Cambridge Building Society, Rotary Club of Cambridge UK and Cambridge University Press & Assessment

With - Arthur Rank Hospice Charity

12/09/2026

Thank you to Scudamore's Punting Company for donating a Section of up to 6 on a shared chauffeured punt tour along the College Backs to the Bridge the Gap raffle. 🚣‍♀️

12/09/2026

Thank you to Al Casbah Cambridge for donating a £50 dining voucher to the Bridge the Gap raffle.

12/09/2026

Thank you to Cambridge United Football Club for donating five pairs of tickets to Cambridge United v Wimbledon to the Bridge the Gap raffle. ⚽