The charity building young people's confidence
BBCWhen Olivia first came to an after-school club run by Liberty Jamboree, she would hide behind her mum's legs and would not really talk or come in.
Five years on, the 13-year-old, who has Down's syndrome, said the charity, based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, was like "family" and she felt "happy" and "alive".
It is a change her mum Sarah said had been transformational, helping her daughter to grow in confidence and independence.
Olivia is among the children and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities who have found support through the charity, which has been helped by funding from BBC Children in Need.
Sarah described how the teenager would be reluctant to come in and would "sit on her own" when she first started attending the after-school sessions, but had grown in confidence over the years.
"Olivia has totally changed as the young child that she was, when she started [here] when she was eight," she explained.
"I think just to come here and have this whole place to yourself and that you're free to do what you want without parents sitting there going, 'you can't do that, you can't do this'.
"Just to have that freedom. It's just been amazing for her and her confidence."
The charity, which moved into a new purpose-built home in February this year, provides after-school clubs to children five nights a week and during the school holidays.
Money donated to BBC Children in Need has helped it to fund and train a full-time youth worker for three years, and has enabled the charity to employ some former members as youth workers themselves.
Maggi Huckfield, its founder and CEO, said the funding had changed what the charity was able to offer.
"Having those extra staff means we can provide more services, we can encourage more young people to come and we give more families respite," she said.
"All round it's just really vital and it's just life changing, not just for Liberty as a charity, but for families, children and young people."
One former attendee, Charlotte Botterill, was 15 when she started coming to Liberty Jamboree 10 years ago.
Now a full-time member of staff, the youth worker is using her experiences to help others.
She said the charity had helped her "massively."
"Before attending here I didn't have no confidence at all, so from attending Liberty Jamboree it's helped me grow and live, like develop into who I am today," she said.
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