In-School Breathing Spaces
In these spaces, young people meet professional staff and volunteers who offer open, non-judgmental conversations at eye level, allowing each young person to engage at their own pace.
The consistent presence within the school helps build trusting relationships, strengthens young people’s sense of belonging, and reduces loneliness and social disconnection.
The spaces make it possible to identify emotional, social, and family-related challenges at an early stage, providing initial support before difficulties become more severe.
When needed, the team provides ongoing support and connects young people with the appropriate sources of care and assistance within the school, the family, and the wider community.
Types of Programs
An informal space operating within schools for youth. The space is designed to provide students with a safe, accessible, and non-judgmental place within the school day, a place where one can pause for a moment, talk, relax, receive a listening ear, and meet a significant adult. The activity in the space combines a permanent presence of staff and volunteers, individual and group conversations, social activities, and content tailored to the worlds of young people. Through direct contact, it becomes possible to identify emotional, social, or family distress at early stages, to strengthen a sense of belonging and help in coping with loneliness, bullying, hidden dropout, violence, and adolescence crises. The uniqueness of Space is in creating an intermediate space within the school: a place that allows for peer-level connection, strengthening personal and social resilience, and connecting to additional support factors when needed.