You are
not alone.

Support shouldn't begin at crisis.

Benzone Development Foundation CIC creates safe, engaging early-intervention opportunities that help children, young people and families build confidence, strengthen wellbeing, develop meaningful connections and discover their potential.

Explore Our Programmes Work With Benzone

Young people around a craft table, one holding up what he has made while the others look on.

Support before crisis

Most support arrives after something has gone wrong. A referral is made, a service steps in, and a family finds help at the hardest possible moment.

We think there is an earlier moment worth working in.

Benzone is a community interest company working across Rhondda Cynon Taf. We create positive, accessible opportunities for children, young people and families, before manageable challenges become crises. Our work is community-based, locally delivered, and designed to sit alongside schools, services and families rather than in place of them.

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The future we're working towards

A future where no child, young person or family has to reach crisis before they are given the support and opportunity to thrive.

MOVE

Active experiences that build energy, coordination and confidence.
CREATE

Creativity and self-expression, and the space to be heard.
CONNECT

Relationships, teamwork and a genuine sense of belonging.
GROW

Confidence, resilience and the room to discover potential.

Different experiences. One purpose.

Three programmes. Different methods, one aim: positive experiences that strengthen wellbeing, confidence and connection.

Catch Them Young

AGES 8–16

Youth wellbeing and empowerment. Building confidence, friendships and life skills through structured group sessions.
Move. Think. Connect.^™

ALL AGES

An adaptable movement and social wellbeing programme for almost any group — children, families, adults, older people.
Voices on Paper

YOUTH VOICE

Creative expression and identity. Young people explore who they are and what they want to say — and produce work worth showing.

Benzone in action

Two boys working side by side at a table, one writing with a highlighter, both absorbed in the task. — Creating Together

Two girls sitting together and smiling during a session. — Building Confidence

A boy in a red jacket writing carefully on a piece of card, glue and pens beside him. — Trying Something New

A girl painting at a board, another young person working alongside her. — Finding Our Voice

What changes because people took part

Explore Our Impact →

31
Sessions and activities: 27
Catch Them Young sessions: 4
Voices on Paper workshops: 6
Community activities

Latest from Benzone

VOICES ON PAPER

From Blank Pages to Young Voices

How four artist-led workshops created space for young people to explore identity, aspirations and self-expression through creative work.
CATCH THEM YOUNG

Building More Than a Saturday Programme

What Catch Them Young is teaching us about participation, confidence, connection, recruitment and giving young people reasons to return.
MOVE. THINK. CONNECT.

When Being Active Doesn't Have to Feel Like Sport

What we're learning from bringing movement, thinking games and social connection into community settings.