Since Covid-19, children have even more need of wellbeing support, with many isolating in harmful environments. Most of our participants are registered as vulnerable by their schools. The demand for our services has increased 10xs in the last few months as schools try to respond to the impact of covid-19 on their pupils emotional wellbeing. Without support, pupil outcomes are bleak, with a mental health crisis among the most disadvantaged anticipated as a consequence (Childhood Trust 2020).

We will provide our whole school approach to social and emotional wellbeing by running three interventions across our school and community partners including 1) Our intensive programme ‘Face It’ for young people at risk of exclusion and offending. This is delivered over 6-8 weeks by trained professionals using group, 1:1 and arts therapy 2) Training and support for staff and key adults 3) Influencing policy makers and practitioners on the value of being trauma-informed.