Chilypep

What Chilypep does

Chilypep (legally the Children and Young People's Empowerment Project, Charity Number: 1114047, Company Number: 5317925) is a Sheffield-headquartered UK registered charity founded in 2001 that supports children and young people, primarily aged 11-25 in Sheffield, Barnsley, and the wider South Yorkshire region. Its portfolio comprises distinct but interconnected youth programs rather than a unified technology product: STAMP, a 14-25 mental health participation group operating as a Sheffield CAMHS participation partner; the South Yorkshire Health Champions network spanning Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley; RUBIC² (community cohesion dialogues, now a past project); Happy Group (refugee, asylum-seeking, and newly arrived youth); the Southey Youth Hub open-access hub in North Sheffield; the HOME Barnsley wellbeing hub with its BRV Project and Young Commissioners initiative; and the Sheffield Youth Welfare Project. Chilypep also co-led the Children and Young People's Health Equity Collaborative (CHEC) with Barnardo's and the UCL Institute of Health Equity, co-produced the Young Adults' Digital Health Charter, and contributed to national policy consultations including the House of Commons Child Poverty Strategy and Martha's Rule.

Chilypep has no proprietary technology platform; delivery is operational rather than software-based, relying on open-access hubs, drop-in sessions, referral pipelines, training, and campaign participation. Service users are young people, families, and professionals, with services delivered via community-led engagement and partnerships with schools, NHS services, and local authorities.

The organization is funded through grants, donations, and commissioned work from councils and health authorities, with services provided free of charge to beneficiaries. Key commissioning and delivery partners include the South Yorkshire NHS Integrated Care System, the South Yorkshire Children and Young People's Alliance, Barnardo's, the UCL Institute of Health Equity, the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, AYPH, Hopkins Van Mil, Shout (crisis text service), and the Yorkshire and Humber Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network. The charity also runs public donation and volunteer pathways ([email protected]) and active social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube.

Name

Chilypep

Legal name

Children and Young People's Empowerment Project

Website

https://chilypep.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chilypep is a Sheffield-based UK registered charity, founded in 2001, that empowers children and young people aged 11-25 across South Yorkshire through mental health participation, youth voice campaigns, refugee support, wellbeing hubs, and training, funded by grants and statutory commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Empowerment Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Youth empowerment services
• Mental health support
• Community youth work
• Wellbeing hubs
• Health equity advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Funding and Grants: Chilypep operates as a registered charity (Number 1114047) funded through grants, donations, and commissions from councils and health authorities. Services are provided free to young people.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chilypep is a UK-based registered charity (Children and Young People's Empowerment Project) that runs youth-focused programmes such as mental health participation groups, open-access youth hubs, wellbeing drop-ins, refugee integration support, and community cohesion projects for young people aged 11-25 in Sheffield, Barnsley, and South Yorkshire. It also delivers health equity advocacy and co-produces resources such as the Young Adults' Digital Health Charter alongside NHS and academic partners. Services are free to young people and funded through grants, donations, and local authority/health authority commissions.

Product overview

Chilypep is a young people's empowerment organization offering a portfolio of youth-focused programs rather than a unified technology product. The core offerings include STAMP (a mental health participation group for ages 14-25), the South Yorkshire Health Champions network (regional youth health advocacy), RUBIC² (community cohesion through safe dialogues), Happy Group (refugee/asylum seeker support), and physical hubs including Southey Youth Hub and HOME Barnsley wellbeing hub. The organization also co-led the CHEC health equity collaborative and co-produced the Young Adults' Digital Health Charter. Past programs included My Mind My Life!, Connections Hub, and Gen Z activism. The portfolio operates as separate but interconnected community programs focused on youth voice, mental health, and health equity rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• South Yorkshire Health Champions: A powerful mix of young people representing every corner of South Yorkshire region, bringing together voices from Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley to revolutionise health and wellbeing services for young people
• STAMP
• RUBIC²
• Happy Group
• My Mind, My Life!

Quantifiable outcome

• South Yorkshire Health Champions influenced redesign of health and mental health services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Yorkshire and Humber Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Co-produced consultation with young people on Martha's Rule NHS patient safety policy.
• South Yorkshire NHS Integrated Care System (ICS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025South Yorkshire Health Champions work with NHS ICB to influence health service design, including crisis text line development, neurodiversity principles, and transition services.
• South Yorkshire Digital Health HubminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaborated on developing the Young Adults' Digital Health Charter with 18-25 year olds living with long-term health conditions.
• Association for Young Peoples Health (AYPH)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnered with AYPH on the Young Adults' Digital Health Charter project.
• Hopkins Van MilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaborated on the Young Adults' Digital Health Charter development.
• Shout (Crisis Text Service)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025South Yorkshire Health Champions helped design and consulted on the South Yorkshire Text Crisis service (keyword: EYUP to 85258).
• South Yorkshire Children and Young People's AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Chilypep works alongside the South Yorkshire Children and Young People's Alliance to deliver the Health Champions program. This partnership enables young people to shape health and wellbeing services across the region.
• Barnardo'scoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Barnardo's leads the Children and Young People's Health Equity Collaborative (CHEC), a partnership with UCL Institute of Health Equity and three ICSs, tackling health inequalities by embedding young voices into service design.
• UCL Institute of Health EquitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023UCL Institute of Health Equity collaborated on developing the Child Health Equity Framework that guides interventions across regions through CHEC.
• Schools and Community GroupsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRUBIC² project works alongside schools, community groups, local businesses, voluntary and statutory agencies to grow partnerships and identify where community voices can be heard.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind: Large national mental health charity with a youth-facing offer (YoungMinds now part of Mind). Overlaps Chilypep's mental health advocacy remit but operates at national scale with broader portfolio and substantially larger fundraising base.

Direct peers

• YoungMinds: UK charity focused on children and young people's mental health, advocacy, and participation — closely overlapping Chilypep's STAMP and Health Champions work on youth voice in mental health service design.
• Barnardo's: The UK's largest children's charity and Chilypep's active partner in the CHEC health equity collaborative. Comparably delivers youth voice, mental health support, and services for vulnerable children across the UK.
• The Mix: UK charity providing multi-channel support (web, phone, text) for under-25s on mental health, wellbeing, and life challenges — comparable in target audience and digital engagement model to Chilypep's open-access youth hubs.
• UK Youth: National membership body for the youth sector, advocating for youth work funding and quality — shares Chilypep's policy and youth voice remit reflected in its blog coverage of national youth strategy.
• YMCA England & Wales: Major youth services charity operating open-access youth provision, wellbeing programmes, and training across the UK — directly comparable to Chilypep's youth hub and training delivery model.
• The Children's Society: National charity working with disadvantaged children including refugees and young people in mental health crisis. Shares Chilypep's focus on youth voice, wellbeing, and support for marginalised young people.
• Centre for Mental Health: UK mental health research and policy charity. Comparable through CHEC-style health equity and youth mental health system-reform work that Chilypep delivers at regional level.
• Coram: Long-established UK children's charity providing services, research and advocacy for children and young people including migrants. Overlaps Chilypep's Happy Group refugee/asylum youth support and broader youth voice work.
• National Youth Agency (NYA): Statutory body for youth work in England, focused on workforce standards, training, and youth policy. Comparable to Chilypep's training and policy engagement work with councils and the youth sector.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCx3Ewt36p4OQZKoBoEFt53g
• Instagraminstagram.com/chilypep
• TikToktiktok.com/@chilypep
• Facebookfacebook.com/chilypep
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chilypep

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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