Youth = Youth

05/10/2026

Morning everyone phew,

We have been so busy these last few weeks so excuse us being so quiet. As it is now October, it is also black history month, we'll be doing that through the whole month. Let us know what history you would want to know more about in the comments.

As a reminder, we are closed on Friday of these week because it is one of our birthdays.

03/09/2026

03/09/2026

You might have seen this floating around over the last few days, but, September is su***de prevention month. With su***de prevention day taking place on 10th September 2026.

Su***de, isn't just an automatic occurrence, aspects of it are built up over time through actions such as county lines and knife crime. When a person sees that there is no way out.

The aftermath of su***de affects the family, friends, community and further loved ones, as there is now a person missing.

Yes steps can be taken to try and prevent this, however it comes with great strength. It comes with great strength to find those words that are 'I need help', it comes with great strength, to look for the help, and it comes with great strength to come out the other side.

Sadly, not everyone has this strength, and it can feel like a burden with the weight of the world on people's shoulders.

Therefore, for this month and the rest of time, we'll sit here and think, although this strength wasn't felt in this particular person, hopefully it will be felt in another person.

If you're a person that is struggling or just needs a bit of reassurance, just reach out to us, our lines are open. Furthermore, if you don't think you can reach out to us, but still want signposting, comment 🙋🏽‍♀️ (the hand up emoji) and we'll get right to you.

The saxophones get louder before they get quieter.

***de ***deawareness ***deprevention

01/09/2026

Morning everyone,

We hope you had a good bank holiday weekend!!!

1st September, first day of a new month, first day of a new term, first day of autumn and we're back open!!!

Isobella's favourite time of the year is the ber months so she's very happy this morning.

Nothing like a morning post to get started the right way!!!

13/08/2026

Yesterday,

It was the solar eclipse. Hear us out we know it's been everywhere and back by now but we wanted to touch on a few things and develop into the picture below. So stay with us.

In a solar eclipse a child or young person can go missing in a matter of SECONDS!!!

This is because of environmental factors such as:

Sudden darkness and ambient light changes:
As darkness lowers visibility very quickly, it makes it harder to spot a child or young person.

Attention of adults:

As the attention of adults is diverted as this given time as they are looking at the sky through various viewing methods, an adult can lose track of a child's movement even for just a few seconds.

Crowds and noise element:

As the eclipse was viewed in public areas such as parks. These are often busy and chaotic and can easily overwhelm a child or young person, which can lead to them wandering off and lost in a sea of people.

If any of these happen here are four things to do:

Call 999 immediately and report the child as missing. There is no waiting period when a child is missing.

Search the immediate/high risk areas first especially near open water.

Alert the crowd management straight away.

Assign roles to look for the child or young person.

Now let's talk about the picture below. If you look closely, you can see a map of the UK behind us.

County lines and CCE are different as they are a gradual process that happen over weeks or months.

Set up/targeting - this stage can happen online through social media, gaming or in public spaces, such as outside schools, youth clubs, sports grounds or parks. At this time trust is built, through buying gifts, food and status.

The 'Trap line'/ 'running' phase - once the child or young person has been coerced into this, they are now trapped in debt bo***ge. Normally along the lines of 'you owe me'. This child or young person has now been sent to sell drugs, weapons or cash to a different town/city or county with virtually NO CHOICE!!!

Disappearance - this child or young person, now hasn't been seen or heard from in days or even sometimes weeks. It starts to become more frequent and can start from an hour every day, and progress to days and weeks at a time. By this time the child or young person is just about surviving in an unsafe, unsanitry environment, until they are then allowed to come home or be found.

Like with the solar eclipse a child or young person is often scared. They're scared for them, scared for their families, scared because of what will happen in the near future to them.

They have all these questions going through their mind such as:

Will I go to prison?
Will my family be okay?
Will I be okay?
How do I tell people what has happened?
Do I understand what has happened?
How could this happen?
Should I have trusted that person/people?

As adults we have to be there to listen to what children and young people are saying, reassure them, hear and understand all while being calm.

06/08/2026

Happy independence day Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲!!!

64 years of independence, what a legacy to have, and to leave for future generations to come.

Over the weekend it was emancipation day, which demonstrates strength and courage to be freed from slavery which is demonstrated later on to independence day.

In the words of chronixx, smile for me Jamaica.

Jamaica we salute you, today and always!!!

03/08/2026

Since December 2025, EPIC have been working with Northampton’s youth organisations to spread the word of entrepreneurship to the younger generation, and thanks to our continued partnership with Simply Business we aren’t slowing down!🚀🚀

We’re incredibly proud of the entrepreneurs who have already joined us, but we look forward to all those who are yet to find us. If you or someone you know has a hobby or interest they wish to become a business or side-hustle, visit our website https://www.epicfuture.co.uk/to find out more!