'Go on Girl!' - Blackpool community gets behind teen's vision for young people's mental health business
“Absolutely bravo young lady .. every credit to you and your family.”
Cheroken Reigo-Bentley is a 16-year-old with a remarkable ambition.
The entrepreneurial A-level student at St Mary’s Catholic Academy in Blackpool is looking to build a business with the aim of supporting young people's mental health across the country.
While many young people her age are concentrating on school, friendships and deciding what they want to do in the future, Cheroken is already managing director and co-founder with her dad David of Bentley Entertainment Group.
She has a vision to create a network of welcoming mental health and wellbeing cafés under the banner HEAL Collective, where young people can feel safe, supported, understood and valued.
And our readers are cheering her on from the corner with so many good wishes.
Louise Taylor Humphries: “What a fantastic read! Well done young lady and your whole family in fact!
Craig Sagar said: “Absolutely bravo young lady .. every credit to you and your family.”
Cheroken is helping to build the family-led business based across Lancashire and Kendal in Cumbria alongside David, her twin sister Cheyenne, younger brother Cielo and other members of the family.
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But what makes Cheroken's story particularly special is not simply her age or her position within the company - it is her determination to use the business to help others, particularly young people struggling with mental health, anxiety, bullying, loneliness and pressures of modern life.
Grace Elizabeth said: “Absolutely amazing so proud of the girls.”
And Dani Oakes added: “Go on girl!”