Hopeful is run by Wellspring Family Centre.   Charity no. 5154582. Company no. 1105643
The Hopeful team is led up by Johnny Raspin, assisted by Debs Jones and our volunteers. Click to see our Child Protection Policy Statement.  Click see our Child Protetion Policy.

Hopeful is currently working with a wide range of young people, within different settings. Hopeful goes to where the young people are, so we see and deal with a number of different cases within young people’s society. Hopeful's main goal is to assist young people with any problems they may face, be it, alcohol, drugs, anti-social behaviour etc, offering our support and advice at all times. Hopeful wishes to see young peoples lives turned around, we want to show young people that they are greatly valued and encourage them to take an active role within their communities, helping them to make a positive contribution and impact. We want to break down stereotypes and prejudices that the community may have towards young people because we believe today’s youth are the next generation, so we want to invest a great deal of time and effort in them, helping them make the right decisions and having a positive influence on them, showing that a little bit of hope goes a long way.

What we do:


We are very grateful for the Criminal Justice Board’s ‘Community Cash Back scheme’ which has helped to fund the work of Hopeful and the purchase of the Hopeful Van.

Johnny Raspin,
Youth Worker



Debs Jones,
Youth Worker



The van