We are Level Up Gosport!

Empowering young people (aged 18-25) facing additional needs, mental health challenges, anxiety and neurodiversity to find employment.

Who We Are

Level Up Gosport (LUPG) is a focused, local charity dedicated to empowering young people (aged 18-25) facing additional needs, mental health challenges, anxiety or are neurodivergent.

We bridge societal gaps by providing tailored support, fostering confidence, reducing isolation and promoting personal growth through mentorship, team engagement, community volunteering, alongside our outcome-based Work EXperience initiative (WEXi) programmes.

Our Vision

Our strategic aim is to enable these young individuals to transition to independence, form meaningful friendships and secure sustainable employment opportunities.

Our Mission

We believe in the limitless potential of young people, seeing them as key to a brighter future for our community. We are committed to equity and inclusion, ensuring that everyone, regardless of identity, background or disability, has the opportunity to reach their full potential, strengthening our community.

…We are very honoured and delighted in 2023 to have been given the Kings Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS), which is equivalent to an MBE for charities.

What We Offer

“I think the volunteering I did with Level Up Gosport has helped me to get the job I have always wanted.”

– Julie

What We Offer

Our WEXi programme…

WEXi (Work EXperience initiative) – enabling young people to gain life skills & move on into sustainable employment…

We have recently developed WEXi (Work EXperience initiative) by partnering with local businesses, organisations and charities to provide an outcome-based programme of employability skills to enable the young people we support to move on into employment.

WEXi (Work EXperience initiative) – enabling young people to gain life skills & move on into sustainable employment…

We have recently developed WEXi (Work EXperience initiative) by partnering with local businesses, organisations and charities to provide an outcome-based programme of employability skills to enable the young people we support to move on into employment.

Our Training Options

Level Up Gosport provides specific training and workshops that are tailored to the additional needs of our youth volunteers.

In the past these have included: Food Health & Hygiene; First Aid; Safeguarding; Social Media Awareness & Safety, plus many more…

Our Social Events

We arrange social outings whereby our youth volunteers get the chance to chill out and just have fun. Previously they have enjoyed a warm, sunny evening playing rounders, alongside a picnic or BBQ.

Many young people make friends for life and choose to arrange to socialise away from Level Up Gosport, in their free time – going to social events, shopping or just chilling out at home.

Community Allotment

We have an allotment where our youth volunteers learn all about planting, nurturing and harvesting vegetables.

They are aiming to make it 100% sustainable and really enjoy interacting with the other allotment owners.

Help Support Us

What Do We Offer?

Our WEXi programme…

WEXi (Work EXperience initiative) – enabling young people to gain life skills & move on into sustainable employment…

We have recently developed WEXi (Work EXperience initiative) by partnering with local businesses, organisations and charities to provide an outcome-based programme of employability skills to enable the young people we support to move on into employment.

Our Training Options

Level Up Gosport provides specific training and workshops that are tailored to the additional needs of our youth volunteers.

In the past these have included: Food Health & Hygiene; First Aid; Safeguarding; Social Media Awareness & Safety, plus many more…

Our Social Events

We arrange social outings whereby our youth volunteers get the chance to chill out and just have fun. Previously they have enjoyed a warm, sunny evening playing rounders, alongside a picnic or BBQ.

Many young people make friends for life and choose to arrange to socialise away from Level Up Gosport, in their free time – going to social events, shopping or just chilling out at home.

Community Allotment

We have an allotment where our youth volunteers learn all about planting, nurturing and harvesting vegetables.

They are aiming to make it 100% sustainable and really enjoy interacting with the other allotment owners.

Help Support Us

“Level Up Gosport are extremely community focussed and raise awareness of the diversity among people in our society and the wide range of issues that affect them, whether they relate to disability, mental health, confidence or culture, and to show that there is a role for everyone. The group’s philosophy is that no matter what the circumstances of a young person’s life, we are all valuable.”

Cllr John Beavis: MBE – Mayor of Gosport 2013/14

Explore The Bricksy Trail

An inclusive heritage trail featuring joyful Lego brick mosaics, accessible wayfinding and meaningful places across Gosport for visitors, families and residents to enjoy. Learn more about the Bricksy trail in the videos below.

Bricksy Trail Introduction Video

Andy, one of our Trustees, explaining how the Bricksy Trail works & why we created it

Support Our Vision

Any type of support you are able to provide means the world to us. We rely on partnerships with local businesses to help support our WEXi programme and our other social events and activities require funding to be able to keep running.

We are very grateful for any financial donation that you would like to make.