Boing Boing is a Community Interest Company (CIC) who works alongside children, young people, families and adults exposed to social disadvantage. They use resilience research and practice to help people having particularly tough times and have achieved success in Blackpool and Brighton. We recommend using their free academic resources and resilience framework.
Heads together. Mentally healthy schools
Mentally Healthy Schools is a new website to help primary school staff support the mental health of your pupils. There is a range of expert and practical information and resources to help all primary school staff understand, promote and deal confidently with children’s mental health issues: jargon-free information on what can undermine and what can help emotional wellbeing; tips and strategies to help; and specific advice on vulnerable groups.
The Deal (Developing Emotional Awareness and Listening) programme is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people around 14 years and over. Lesson plans, activities, hand-outs, DEAL digital resources, teachers’ notes and staff training materials can all be accessed and downloaded at any time from Samaritans website.
Young Minds is the UK’s leading charity championing the wellbeing and mental health of young people. We also recommend using their free Academic Resilience resources.