Through Trauma Informed Targeted Youth Work, Trauma Therapy and Mentoring, we step in before they are lost to the system.
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We Believe 2 CIC exists to stop young people aged 11-19 (and up to 25 SEN) in Falmouth & Penryn, Cornwall, from falling through the cracks. Specifically those young people at risk of anti-social behaviour and entering the Criminal Justice System.
We believe that every young person has potential, no matter what. Many are written off before they've even had a chance—we refuse to let that happen. Through Trauma Informed Targeted Youth Work, Trauma Therapy and Mentorship, we step in before they are lost to the system.
We see the future, not just the past. Every young person has the ability to grow, change, and thrive.
Strong roots create strong futures. Young people grow with us, then return to guide the next generation.
It's about showing up, caring, and building trust. No tick-box exercises.
We exist because too many young people are being let down. We refuse to let them be forgotten.
We ask, we listen, and we work with, not for young people.
We understand why young people make choices, but we also help them take responsibility.
Safe, confidential spaces to process experiences and build emotional resilience.
Engage and train mentors to expand our support network.
Young people engaged in Targeted Youth Work
Young people supported through Therapy
Commitment to every young person we work with
Mavis King MBE was a very dear soul and a guiding light for Dawn from the very beginning of her youth work career, starting in 2003 at Bradford on Avon Youth Development Centre.
Mavis ran Atworth Youth Club in one of the surrounding villages, and a friendship formed — Dawn and Mavis would meet for lunch or coffee at the village pub and put the world to rights.
When Dawn moved to Cornwall, the friendship carried on across the years and the miles: old-fashioned handwritten letters, and many hours spent talking on the phone.
It is with deep sadness that Mavis died on 6th March 2026. It has been an incredible honour to learn that Mavis left Dawn £1,000 in her Will, and there was no doubt in Dawn's mind where that money should go.
It is absolutely right and fitting that we have created the Mavis King Legacy Fund within We Believe 2 CIC — a fund used only for frontline, face-to-face Youth Work with young people in need.
Mavis King's legacy will carry on for future generations of young people in Cornwall, a place Mavis had fond memories of.
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Director, Youth Worker (JNC/MA) & Trauma-Informed Practitioner
Director, Counsellor / Clinical Supervisor & Data Protection Lead
Director, Safeguarding Lead & Chair
Director, Treasurer & SEN Lead
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We are more than an intervention — we're a movement. A movement that believes in young people, walks alongside them, and refuses to let them be lost to the system.
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