Registered Charity
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Who we are
FAST London (FAST) is a Christian youth charity based on the Patmore Estate focused on supporting 10–19-year-olds from deprived backgrounds in Battersea and South Lambeth. Our mission is to help young people succeed by creating safe spaces and providing diversionary and inspiring activities that develop resilience and inspire hope in efforts to achieve this. We build relationships with young people by engaging with them in environments where they feel most comfortable whilst doing activities they love. Once relationships are developed, we work with young people and stakeholders to overcome challenges and unlock potential.We also provide opportunities for young people to explore the Christian faith as we believe it transforms lives. We serve people without regard to their religion or ethnic background.
Our culture and values
Organisational values
These values are the foundation of our work at FAST, creating a nurturing environment for young people to thrive and contribute positively to their communities and the world.
- Working relationally- listening to young people and families within communities and working ‘with them.’
- Optimistic perspective- choosing to see the best in all stakeholders.
- Inclusive and collaborative- embracing all young people, and being open to partner with others to achieve the best results for young people.
- Faith-based NOT faith-biased- inspired by the Christian faith, FAST works equally with young people of all faiths and those with none.
- Working holistic- we work with young people in multiple contexts to see them holistically healthy (physically, socio-emotionally and spiritually).
- Outcomes-focused- working intentionally to provide measurable changes for the benefit of young people.
- Innovative- open to try original and creative ways of working to achieve our goals.
Behavioural values
These type of behaviours we expect our team to model and our young people to grow in:
- Hungry- a personal desire to learn and strive for excellence
- Humble-a focus on team success over an individual’s goals
- People Smart- an intuitive knowing of how to effectively communicate with people
- Compassionate- a heart to serve people
- Creative- able to think out of the box to solve problems
