Walsall CIC · est. 2020 · Community · Education · Prevention

I matter. Every child. Every voice.

Early intervention and crime awareness for the young people of Walsall.

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The National Lottery Community Fund Walsall Council West Midlands Police Nash Dom CIC Be Well Walsall Walsall Connected

iMatter Walsall CIC (reg. 12756824) delivers services across Walsall — alongside Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and our partners. Lottery-funded for two years from 2026.

Manifesto

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We teach children to recognise, talk about, and report the things that harm them — before they escalate.

Through play, we build the courage and the words to stand up to abuse, exploitation and violence.

Because every young person in Walsall deserves to know that they matter.

Over the years we have collaborated with law enforcement, healthcare providers and our community to design and deliver projects that reduce violence and improve health & wellbeing — building safer, healthier and more resilient communities for all.

Our story

From a school hall in Palfrey to the whole of Walsall.

2017A Palfrey Big Local project — drama and workshops in schools to help children identify, talk about and report child sexual exploitation.
2020iMatter Walsall becomes a Community Interest Company — early intervention, education and signposting, on our own terms.
2026Awarded two years of National Lottery Community Funding — the Early Intervention & Crime Awareness Workshop Programme.

speak

one child at a time

The impact

Proof that this work is vital.

6,000+Young people engaged in our early-intervention activities across Walsall.
2 yrsOf National Lottery Community Fund support to expand our reach.
SchoolsWhere our workshops build confidence to spot the signs of exploitation.
PlayThe games and methods that make serious messages stick.
6,000+young people reached
2017where it began
2020became a CIC
2 yrsNational Lottery funding
Walsallour whole community
Speakwhat we help them do

Learn through play

Hard conversations, built as games.

Snakes & Ladders

Adapted to teach children about the risks of exploitation, drugs, gangs and knife crime — a board where every move is a lesson.

Awareness

The Foosball Table

A familiar game redesigned to open conversations about child exploitation and safe choices.

Engagement

Workshop Programme

Early intervention and crime-awareness workshops for young people, families and communities — with funding now to take it further.

Education

What’s on — join us

Drop in. Warm up. Belong.

Community Safety and Wellbeing drop-in flyer

Community Safety & Wellbeing Drop-In

Every Monday & Tuesday · 9–11am

The Seedhut, Palfrey Park, WS1 4AE

Free, friendly and open to everyone — advice, company and a brew. No need to register.

Free · No booking Peek inside a session →
Warm Walsall warm hub flyer

Warm Hub

Monday mornings · 9–11am

The Seedhut, Palfrey Park, WS1 4AE · 07961 121 538

Free heating, hot drinks, soup and snacks in a warm welcome — with energy-saving advice from the Council.

Warm Walsall · winter programme What the Warm Hub gives you →
Be Well Walsall wellbeing walk flyer

Wellbeing Walks

Weekly · with Be Well Walsall

Palfrey Park & around Walsall

Peer support and trained health coaches, open to all abilities — walk, talk, breathe.

More info: 01922 444044

With Be Well Walsall How the walks work →

From the community

Real sessions, real people, real Walsall.

Breakfast station at a Seedhut session
Monday breakfasts at The Seedhut — coffee, cereal and company, every week. via @imatterwalsall
Large-print puzzle books ready for a session
Activities prepped for the drop-in — puzzles, chat and a brew. via @imatterwalsall
Sunflower mural painted at a school workshop
Bring your own sunshine — a workshop mural at Whitehall Junior School. via @imatterwalsall
School workshop day collage from Walsall
School workshop day — murals and messages created with Walsall pupils. via @imatterwalsall

Follow the work

The story continues on our socials.

This site is the front door — the day-to-day life of iMatter happens on our socials: session photos, dates, school visits and announcements, posted by the team.

Instagram — @imatterwalsall
Facebook — iMatterWalsall CIC
X — @iMatterWalsall
Email — iMatter_Walsall@hotmail.com

Prefer email? Write to us — we answer everything.

Funding

Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, our work continues.

Awarded two years of funding to deliver our Early Intervention and Crime Awareness Workshop Programme — supporting young people, families and communities across Walsall through education, prevention and positive engagement.

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2026award year
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Every child matters. We help them know it.

Get involved Schools, families and community groups — let's work together. No wrong door — we'll point you to the right support.

Community Safety & Wellbeing Drop-In

Community Safety and Wellbeing drop-in flyer

Every Monday & Tuesday · 9–11am · The Seedhut, Palfrey Park, WS1 4AE · free, just turn up

The week starts at the Seedhut. Doors open at nine: a breakfast station with coffee, tea and cereal, tables with puzzle books and large-print activities, and volunteers who are there to listen.

Ask about anything — personal safety, worry about a young person, keeping warm and well through winter, or where to find the right service in Walsall. If we can't help directly, we'll point you to the partner who can. No appointment, no referral, no judgment.

Warm Hub

Warm Walsall warm hub flyer

Monday mornings · 9–11am · The Seedhut, Palfrey Park · ring 07961 121 538

When the temperature drops, the kettle goes on. The Warm Hub runs through the Warm Walsall winter programme: free heating, hot drinks, soup and rolls in a warm room with good company — for anyone finding bills hard this year.

Alongside the brews there's practical help: energy-saving advice delivered with Walsall Council, and a quiet corner if you just want to sit. Nothing to prove, nothing to sign.

Wellbeing Walks

Be Well Walsall wellbeing walk flyer

Weekly · Palfrey Park & around Walsall · with Be Well Walsall

Walk. Talk. Breathe. A gentle weekly walk with Be Well Walsall's peer support team and trained health coaches — open to every ability and every pace.

There's no fee and no measure of fitness: some come for the steps, some for the conversation, some for an hour outdoors. Meet at Palfrey Park or join further round the route.

As iMatter themselves put it: let's walk, talk, and support each other. Questions? Call 01922 444044.

Monday breakfasts at The Seedhut

Breakfast station at a Seedhut session

9 – 11am · The Seedhut, Palfrey Park · every Monday & Tuesday

Coffee urns, cereal bars and a table of neighbours — this is how most Monday mornings begin for the families around Palfrey Park.

Breakfast costs nothing, nobody hurries you out, and half the conversations become signposts: where to get energy advice, who to ask about school worries, when the next walk starts. via @imatterwalsall

Activities prepped for the drop-in

Large-print puzzle books ready for a session

Prep shots from a session morning

Wordsearch books, large-print puzzles and a stack of activity sheets, laid out before the doors open.

They matter more than they look: a puzzle gives someone a reason to sit down, stay an hour, and talk when they're ready — which is how most support here actually starts. via @imatterwalsall

"…always bring your own sunshine"

Sunflower mural painted at a school workshop

School workshop · Whitehall Junior School

A workshop day, a brick wall, and a message painted by the pupils themselves: "No matter where you go or what the weather, always bring your own sunshine — and stand tall like a sunflower."

The sunflower mural stays on the school grounds as a daily reminder the children wrote for each other. via @imatterwalsall

A hall of their own words

School workshop day collage from Walsall

School workshop day · Walsall

"Stay on the right path." "Never do drugs." "Your wings exist — all you have to do is FLY!"

Not our words — theirs. Prevention lands differently when the messages are painted by the young people themselves, and a workshop day turns a school hall into the canvas. via @imatterwalsall