Kids Inspire, the Chelmsford-based children's mental health and trauma recovery charity, announces a £1 million National Lottery funding award to help local children and families.

Chief Executive and Clinical Director of Kids Inspire, Sue Bell OBE, has been appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Essex

We are so thankful for those that volunteer their time to mentor children and young people going through difficult stages in their lives. While some people come to Kids Inspire motivated by our mentoring programme, others decide to train after they’ve first volunteered in other ways. The latter is exactly the case for Veronica.