Teen Challenge is built on and driven by Christian values and beliefs.Purpose We take a message that everybody deserves another chance to young people who have messed up, who have lost all sense of self worth, self esteem and often the will to live.
Teen Challenge UK is a charity registered in the UK and operates nationally.Helping We care for people who have developed life controlling problems, especially drug and alcohol addictions, and also offer preventative help to those who may be in danger of doing so.
Teen Challenge has a very clear goal.Destiny To help people become mentally sound, physically well, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted & spiritually alive.
Teen Challenge UK has a positive answer to the present drug epidemic in our country.Releasing Thousands of young people with serious addictions have been through our programmes and a large majority of them have gone on to live successful and drug free lives.
Teen Challenge was founded in 1958 by David Wilkerson in New York City, USA.The story of his interaction with street gangs and addicts in the city is documented in the best selling book, ‘The Cross and the Switchblade’.
Worldwide there are more than 23,000 residents in its residential programmes and more information on the international work of Teen Challenge can be found on globaltc.org In the late 1970's Teen Challenge UK was started with a couple of outreach centres. Real growth in the ministry took place in the 1980's and 1990's and today the work is established in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
