Mayday Trust

Mayday Trust is a small UK charity with an ambitious mission to end the systemaic institutionalisation of people going through tough times (e.g. homelessness, substance misuse, criminal justice systems). We model a relationship-first, human-centric coaching approach called the PTS response in Northamptonshire and London – Person-led (focusing on meaningful goals for the person, not us), Transitional (seeing a tough time as a phase, not a permanent state), Strengths-based (focusing on a person’s strengths and potential, not their ‘deficit’). We use all of the learning and data from the PTS to support other charities and local authorities in shifting towards person-led, strengths-based ways of working so that together, we can develop more meaningful, sustainable approaches to supporting people in the UK who fall upon tough times.