A new and innovative project to support mental health and wellbeing is being launched in Ceredigion following a year-long consultation with more than a thousand young people across the county.

Feelz on Wheelz / Llyw a Byw is a mobile safe space to support the diverse population of young people in Ceredigion.

The mobile youth café and support service will provide a peripatetic safe space for young people throughout the county can drop-in, have a cuppa and access trained support workers should they wish. It will travel around Ceredigion, supporting young people in all communities, including those in rural areas, who may not have been able to access support services before.

Consultation with 1,300 young people was undertaken by Dyfodol Ni, a youth-led partnership of 18 organisations across Ceredigion, governed by the young people’s lobby group, S3 (Safe Space to Speak / Safle Saff i Siarad).

Dyfodol Ni is a £1.2m, six-year project, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes.

As a result of the consultation, S3 has funded this brand-new mobile support service, and will use the remainder of the funding to support a lobby group to create a network of safe spaces for young people across Ceredigion over the next four years.

Feelz on Wheelz / Llyw a Byw is intended to address three key: access to services, a lack of safe spaces for young people in the county, and transportation.

Feelz on Wheelz / Llyw a Byw will cater for 13–25-year-olds, five days a week, operating on a rolling 12-week timetable in both indoor and outdoor locations.

Jack, vice-chair of S3, said: “We’ve worked with so many incredible young people to make this happen and we’re extremely proud of what we’ve achieved in such a short time. We’re looking forward to seeing Feelz on Wheelz around Ceredigion and hope that the young people who helped with consultation will experience the support it will provide, and can see the impact that they’ve had on this project.”

The current timetable operates on a 3-day week: Tuesdays (12-6pm) – Felinfach FC, SA48 8AE Thursdays (12:30-5:30pm) – Plasgrug Leisure Centre, SY23 1HL Saturdays (12-6pm) – Canolfan Dyffryn, Aberporth, SA43 2EU For more information about the service, and its timetable, please visit their social media pages: @feelzonwheelzceredigion (Instagram) and Feelz on Wheelz / Llyw a Byw (Facebook)