Our mission

• To assist youth organisations to deliver resilience-building programmes, including mentoring, role models and outbound activities.
• To build partnerships between youth organisations and sources of funding.

In the words of American psychologist Jonathan Haidt. “Are we preparing the road for the children or the children for the road?”.

Young people are constantly being accused of a lack of resilience. They are also labelled at every opportunity whether that is medically or educationally.

The reality is that the U.K. is a safer place now to live than at any previous point in history⁽¹⁾. The education and development of our young people is being guided by perception over reality.

We have to accept some responsibility for failing to properly equip young people with the tools they need in order thrive and survive in our changing world.

Key is the development of a robust, realistic outlook and a “Because I Can” mindset.

The Sandstone Foundation sets out to encourage self reliance and ownership of ones own actions. The development of a robust attitude to failure and development.

^{(1) Source Financial Times 1st August 2025 The Great Crime Paradox}