Brandon Centre

12/08/2026

When celebrating your 'A Level' results, here's some important safety advice.

The team at Brandon Centre wish everyone good luck for their 'A Level' results and also reminding all to be very careful celebrating with such high temperatures…

⚠️ Open water is unpredictable – stay safe this summer

Water safety matters, even for confident swimmers. If you get into difficulty in the water, remember Float to Live, it could save your life:

• Float on your back in a star shape
• Keep your ears under the water
• Move your hands and feet gently
• Try to stay calm and shout for help if you’re able to.

If someone else is in trouble: don’t go into the water yourself. Call 999 immediately, encourage them to float on their back, and throw them something that floats.

Find more guidance:

➡️ london-fire.gov.uk/safety/water-safety/survival-and-rescue
➡️ rnli.org/water-safety/float

11/08/2026

Do you have plans for Saturday 12th September? If not, we'd love to welcome you to our Open House. No booking required. Refreshments available too.

To find out more about our special charity, visit:
www.brandoncentre.org.uk

We hope to see you there!

28/07/2026

Do you know a young person aged 18 to 25 who likes architecture and design? Build The Way is a nine-month entry-level architecture traineeship providing an alternative route into a career designing and making buildings, spaces, cities and communities.

It offers placements for young Londoners at architecture practices across the city. Trainees are paid the London Living Wage for a 32-hour week and spend an additional day each week developing professional skills while completing a qualification at the London School of Architecture.

No prior experience is required – just a genuine passion for design and cities. You can join a webinar on Thursday 30 July, from 12.30 to 1.30pm to find out more before applying: https://www.buildtheway.co.uk/apply

24/07/2026

We're hiring!

Bank Receptionist
Salary: £14.80 per hour
Contract: Zero-hour contract
Hours between 09:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday
Location: Brandon Centre, 26 Prince of Wales Road, London, NW5 3LG
Reports to: Lead Receptionist
Accountable to: Operations Manager

INTERVIEW DATE: Interviews will be held in-person on Friday 14th August 2026

About us
The principal objective of Brandon Centre is to provide a professional, accessible, and flexible service which responds to the psychological, medical, sexual and social needs of young people under 25 years and their families.

Main duties of the job
The main functions of the role are to welcome young people and perform receptionist duties including booking and providing information about Brandon Centre services as necessary. Referring and sign posting clients to services as appropriate.

The services we provide are:
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Services including individual Counselling & Psychotherapy for young people, Systemic Integrative Treatment for families using a range of evidence-based therapies and therapeutic work and a variety of innovative outreach projects in community settings
• Clinical Training and Consultancy including healthy living, parent programmes and other group work

Essential requirements:
• Enthusiastic, positive and approachable.
• Punctual
• Able to work flexibly and to be adaptable as required
• IT literate with knowledge of Microsoft packages
• Thrives on working with others and is motivated by working closely with other people, building and managing relationships and meeting new people
• Self-motivated and able to work under own autonomy or as part of a team
• Thrives in a fast-pace environment, with a 'can do' attitude

To find out more about this role, and how to apply, please visit:

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0129-26-0015

Closing date for applications: 6th August 2026

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30/06/2026

Love & Limits for Parents and Carers of Teenagers with Challenging Behaviour

This is open to Camden and Islington parents/carers of teenagers aged 12-16 years old.

Parents and professionals can refer by email: [email protected]

Brandon Centre parent training programme is for parents and carers facing challenging behaviour from their teenage child (age 12-16). The programme offers parents practical guidance in changing and improving challenging teenage behaviour.

Many of the parents who attend the programme are finding their child’s behaviour at home difficult to manage, some are concerned about how their child is behaving at school and others are worried that their child is getting into trouble with the police.

Parenting with Love & Limits is a programme for parents of teenagers with challenging behaviour. A group of parents meet weekly for six sessions with experienced facilitators.

https://brandon-centre.org.uk/services/love-limits-parents-programme-for-parents-and-carers-of-teenagers-with-challenging-behaviour

30/06/2026

Parenting your Child with ADHD - Friday 18th September 2026
Our ADHD parent group is open to Camden and Islington parents/carers of children aged 5-12 years. This group is for children with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD or awaiting a diagnostic assessment. For more information about ADHD Services, please visit the link below.

https://brandon-centre.org.uk/services/adhd-parent-programme

27/06/2026

We're hiring!

Interim Referrals Coordinator and Team Administrator
Salary: £26,936 pa pro rata
Fixed Term: 3 months, part-time
Kentish Town area

Join Brandon Centre as our Interim Referrals Coordinator and Team Administrator for our Counselling and Psychotherapy Service, supporting young people to access timely, compassionate and high-quality psychotherapy.

This is a fast-paced, hands-on role at the heart of our Counselling and Psychotherapy Service in Kentish Town, North London. You will help coordinate the young person’s journey from referral through to assessment, allocation and discharge, ensuring our service is responsive, well organised and welcoming.

Working closely with clinicians, front-of-house colleagues and partner services, you will manage referrals, waiting lists and appointments, maintain accurate records, and communicate sensitively with young people, families and professionals.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is highly organised, proactive and confident in a busy public-facing environment, and who wants their administrative skills to make a real difference.

Brandon Centre has supported young people for over 50 years, providing accessible mental health services for young people under 25. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who live locally to Brandon Centre (Kentish Town, Camden, Islington).

Please note that this is an in-person role.
The closing date is 05 July 2026
Link to apply: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0129-26-0014

www.brandoncentre.org.uk

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22/06/2026

Run the 2027 London Marathon for Brandon Centre!

Applications are still open for our 2027 London Marathon charity places, and we’d love you to be part of Team Brandon Centre.

There's still time to sign up and support Brandon Centre. By taking part, you'll help raise the essential funds needed to ensure more young people can access the mental health support they deserve.

Whether you’re chasing a personal goal, taking on a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, or running in support of young people’s mental health, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now using the following link to run for Brandon Centre in 2027:

https://brandon-centre.org.uk/2027-london-marathon-for-brandon-centre

If you have ever dreamed of taking on one of the world’s most iconic running events, this is your chance to do it while making a real difference.

18/06/2026

Reconnecting with our legacy

We recently welcomed Nell Nicholson to Brandon Centre to chat to us about her grandmother’s (and our founder's) legacy, Dr Faith Spicer.

Faith was an extraordinary woman whose vision continues to shape our work more than 57 years after she founded the London Youth Advisory Centre in 1969, the same organisation that would later become Brandon Centre after philanthropist Brandon Cadbury, who donated the Kentish Town building that remains our home today.

Nell’s stories about her grandmother reminded us of just how remarkable Faith was.

Born into a large family of 9 children, she was the youngest of her siblings and one of 8 daughters. At a time when opportunities for women were extremely limited, her mother passionately encouraged her daughters to pursue education and independence - values that clearly influenced Faith’s path and determination.

While Faith became a doctor and a psychiatrist, it was through her career as a medical director that she quickly recognised the need for a service that allowed young people to talk through the emotional uncertainty and personal challenges around contraception.

An innovator of her time, Faith believed that young people deserved a space where they could talk openly about their experiences and receive support without judgment, which led her to set up her own counselling and psychotherapy service.

But she didn’t stop there. Faith helped shape the emerging understanding of adolescent mental health with other organisations, such as the Brook Advisory Centre and the Anna Freud Centre.

Although Faith eventually retired from her formal role, she never stopped caring about Brandon Centre. She continued to take an active interest and kept an eye on what we were doing from time to time.

While she is no longer with us, her influence is felt every day in our work. We use her values, compassion and innovation as our guide to support young people and their families today. And our connection with Faith helps us stay grounded in the principles that have shaped Brandon Centre from the very beginning.

Nell, a teacher by background, has dedicated her own career to supporting young people through education and mental health services. Her work at Gloucester House reflects many of the same values that defined her grandmother’s life, so we’re extremely lucky to have Nell come by and share her family story.
It’s through Nell that we stay connected to Dr Faith Spicer and her incredible legacy. Her vision transformed the lives of countless young people, and it remains the foundation upon which Brandon Centre continues to grow today.

https://brandon-centre.org.uk/reconnecting-with-our-legacy

14/06/2026