What is Sidekick Initiative?
From stuck to moving.
Sidekick Initiative is not a therapist, an app or a slogan. It is a way of showing up for people, the way we needed someone to show up for us.
Sidekick Initiative was born from lived experience. Every conversation, workshop, mentoring session, walk and challenge is delivered by people who have been through hard things and rebuilt.
Our job isn't to save anyone. It is to sit with them, listen properly, help them think clearly, and walk with them while they take the next honest step.
That's it. Everything else, the challenges, the schools work, the prison work, the walks, the talks, is built to make that happen at scale.
"His approach to addiction recovery is fresh and positive, if you're ready to engage, put the effort in and be honest with yourself and others. I'm five days clean and knowing I've got this man on my side, knowing he knows the score and really understands, makes a big difference. Not someone with no real experience talking at you from a book. However bad things may seem or feel, there's support, there's care, and there's always light at the end of the tunnel."
Russell A.
Portsmouth