New research has called on the Government to find additional funding to support young people’s mental and emotional wellbeing and to take a preventative approach to the issue, rather than allowing mental illnesses to develop and…
The results of Ofsted’s visits to schools last term shows the broad range of impacts that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on children and young people. While headteachers report that some children have coped well with…
A Welsh primary school has adapted its Family Thrive sessions to run online to help support and connect with its parents and carers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Family Thrive is a series of six sessions which…
Jon Jones, our Relationship Manager for the North East and North West, has recently had an article he co-wrote featured in the prestigious European Physical Education Review Journal. The piece focused on how good physical education can…
Schools in Wales are focusing their Covid-19 recovery efforts on providing additional human resources to support the most vulnerable pupils as they seek to get back on track after interruptions in their education due to the…
In July, the Government announced that children in England would benefit from a £1 billion Covid “catch-up” package to tackle the impact of lost teaching time during the pandemic. While some £350 million of this has…
A quick trip to your local library or bookshop will confirm that there is a huge amount of choice available when it comes to children’s books. From the gruesome Horrible Histories through to classics like The…
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing realisation of the potential widespread impact the crisis could have on children and young people. Many commentators are using insights from a study on…
“The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” Bruce D. Perry…
In schools, the relationships you form with children and young people can be life-changing for them. How many of us remember a teacher who impacted on us so greatly that we still remember their name and…
The lives and routines of families around the world have been turned upside down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with so much ongoing uncertainty, it is unsurprising that our emotional wellbeing may suffer…
With wellbeing now at the heart of the Welsh curriculum, Thrive® is set to deliver its first Awareness Session in Welsh next month. As well as developing more resources in Welsh, Thrive has also…
