National House Project
Rachelann Brooks
Project Lead
rachelanne.brooks@manchester.gov.uk
Project Leads manage the project, staff and build relationships with partners
Rachelann has been working within the youth sector for the past 17 years and has an extensive range of experience in youth work ranging across a wide variety of the youth sector, which has enabled her to obtain a genuine enthusiasm and passion for working with young people from multi-cultural and challenging backgrounds between the ages of 8 – 21 years old and up to 25 with any additional needs with the aim of building and maintaining sustainable relationships.
Rachelann has a Masters and Post Graduate Diploma in Youth and Community Work which was obtained in 2012 / 2013 and has had over 6 years of management experience working as a Senior Co-ordinator and Alternative Provision Manager at Mahdlo Youth Zone in Oldham.
Rachelann wants to be a part of developing the partnership between Manchester and Trafford House Project and providing opportunities for care leavers to be able to make a house into a home and support them to achieve their life goals.
Latest News
National Care Leavers Week 2024
NHP celebrated National Care Leavers Week (NCLW) 2024 with an engaging lineup of awareness raising events and activities. Adopting the theme CARE - Celebrate, Amplify, Raise, Encourage - NHP encouraged the community to recognise care leavers, amplify their voices, raise awareness of their unique challenges, and advocate for policy changes to support them.
Read more
Scotland House Project Success
In a landmark event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Who Cares? Scotland hosted its first ever Corporate Parenting Awards, celebrating achievements of organisations dedicated to supporting Care Experienced young people. The event in Glasgow recognised outstanding contributions across several categories, with East Dunbartonshire and Midlothian House Projects winning awards in three areas.
Read more
NHP Annual report 2023-2024 is here!
We look forward to the future and as we scale, we remain committed to ensuring that the ‘house project spirit’ drives what we do, and that each young person is given the opportunity to belong to something that supports and enables them to succeed.
Read more