OUR MISSION
SAFE Collective aim to create opportunities for disadvantaged young people, through providing a diverse variety of music and art workshops, creative activities and life and survival skills, promoting self development and raising awareness of important issues, whilst imparting new skills, increasing self esteem, lowering drug abuse and crime rates, and uniting communities with young people at the heart of them, living productive and fulfilling lives, empowered with a renewed sense of belonging, responsibility and hope for the future.
After working in prisons and with various drug agencies, teaching music, music technology and life skills to young offenders and recovering addicts, Jen Wilson was inspired to set up her own organisation, in order to inspire and ‘catch’ young people before they fell into the world of drugs and the net of the prison system. She has a passion and compassion to empower young people to be all they can, live life to the full and give the world everything they’ve got! It is from this vision that SAFE Collective was born.
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SAFE COLLECTIVE
SAFE Collective consist of a team of young trainee volunteers and mentors, aged 16-25, including young qualified Youth Workers, Workshop Leaders and Alternative Therapists; and a team of Social Workers, Drugs Workers and Counsellors to supervise all our activities.
SAFE COLLECTIVE work with Drug agencies and various Youth organisations. We are not a treatment service but we aim to provide a complete holistic service. We offer advice, referral into alternative treatments and provide access to an array of creative activities, training opportunities and work placements; encouraging and supporting young people to take the right steps towards making positive life changes. We deliver diverse workshops, hold talks and discussions, and provide advice and information on all aspects of life, including cleansing and remineralising the body, and healthy, conscious living, to at risk young people, in a variety of settings and locations. Many of our workshops are led by our young people. All our staff and volunteers are CRB checked.
With ex-users at the forefront of many or our activities, our clients receive firsthand knowledge and advice from people who know best how to turn their life around!
FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact:
JEN WILSON: 07875 053574
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YOUTH COUNCIL
In 2009, a group of young SAFE Collective volunteers, aged 16-25, formed a Youth Council in the Bath and Norton Radstock areas, to become a voice for local young people, in order to have an influence on events in their area. The Youth Council were at the heart of many of SAFE Collectives decision making processes, and the young people involved played a prominent part in organising and running our events and activities.
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JEN WILSON
2010 ~ Safe Collective are currently sharing knowledge and resources with young people in recovery on Big Island and Maui, Hawaii.
2009 ~ Toured with SAFE Collective, providing a Youth space at music festivals across the UK
2009 ~ Designed and delivered AQA units in Outdoor Survival Skills to Entry to Employment students at Norton Radstock College, Bath.
2008 ~ Founded SAFE Collective, after running JAM for 6 years.
2002-2008 ~ Founder and Director of JAM, delivering DJ skills, Music Technology, Sound Engineering and Multimedia workshops to disadvantaged and excluded young people across Bristol, Bath and 4 SW counties, working for local authorities, schools, colleges, councils, music centres, homeless foyers, prisons, drug agencies, and various youth clubs, youth and arts organisations.
2002-2003 ~ Designed and delivered AQA units in Life Skills, Sex education, HIV, Drug Education, Health and Safety and COSSH, and delivered music lessons, to young male inmates at Ashfield Young Offenders Institute. Rehabilitation Support Worker for inmates at Eastwood Park Womens Prison, delivering life skills, sex and drug education and childcare; managing case loads, risk assessing self harmers and acting as a point of referral on transition from prison.
2002 ~ Designed and delivered OCN Diploma in Music Technology for Banes Adult and Community Education, Somervale School, Midsomer Norton.
Jen holds a City and Guilds in Sound Engineering, HND in Multimedia, FAETC Teaching Certificate, Rock School Music Educator Diploma/PTTLS Teaching qualification, and Singing and the Actor Training. She attended many various drug courses whilst working for prisons and drug agencies and has over 30 years experience in Substance Misuse and over 20 years experience in the music business.
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JENJEN (aka DJ Mis-chief) was a successful worldwide DJ and Music Producer for 16 years, and an event promoter for many years, running many charity events across SW England.
Jen is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer; a sound healer and qualified masseuse. She has studied the Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice, working with world pioneers in their field, and has been studying Sound and Voice Healing for 4 years. She teaches professional singing lessons, and has held Singing, Sound and Voice Healing workshops and performances in venues across SW and SE England, using Crystal Singing Bowls and Solfeggio Tuning Forks. She is currently producing an album of her own music and a sound healing album using her 12 singing crystal bowls, with the finishing touches being applied in Maui, Hawaii; and she is writing a book on Sound and Voice Healing.
Jen has been involved with several bands throughout her musical career. She was backing singer with the O’Roonies in the 80′s, and singer with Magnum Force, who went on to become punk legends, The Mob. In 2000, she formed her band, Snipe, with Paul Boswell. Snipe gigged extensively throughout SW England and London, performing Live multimedia shows and gigs; and playing live radio shows. They wrote and produced a remix of Ghost Dance, performing live with Pee Wee Ellis at Nunney Jazz cafe, and attracted interest from John Peel before his untimely death. After Snipe parted ways, Jen continued with her solo career, playing gigs throughout England, whilst writing and recording tracks for her album. Recorded in Somerset, LA, Sedona and Hawaii, with guest appearances from world class musicians, the album is due in early 2011.
Some of Jens music and visions can be found on the links below.
04-06-2006 RADIO DIALECT INTERVIEW
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