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Read Russell's experience on our Level 4 Diploma and his desire to encourage more men to consider counselling as a career.

Place2Be's Programme Leader for Family Work, Judah, reflects on his experience of the importance of listening.

On Thursday 5 December, Place2Be celebrated our fifteenth anniversary Carol Concert in partnership with Cadogan.  

Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 will encourage children and young people to embrace and build self-awareness.

Children at Ark Castledown Primary Academy in Hastings were surprised with a Young BAFTA Roadshow visit.

Children at Tredegarville C.I.W. Primary School in Cardiff were surprised with a Young BAFTA Roadshow visit.

Children at Churchfield Primary School in North London were surprised with a Young BAFTA Roadshow visit.

Children at St John Vianney RC Primary in Edinburgh and St Monica's (Milton) Primary School in Glasgow were surprised with Young BAFTA Roadshow visits this week, hosted by presenters Ben Shires (Dig Detectives, Officially Amazing) and Robyn Richford  (ITV’s Scrambled!, Capital FM).

In a joint letter to Rt Hon. Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Education (DfE), sector leaders call on the Government to tackle the attendance crisis.

The University of Cambridge has been working with Place2Be to analyse data from children who were supported with one-to-one counselling. The research aimed to understand whether the intervention was associated with improved school attendance and reduced persistent absence.

As the school year starts, Place2Be's Educational Psychologist team share interventions to help improve school attendance.

The toolkit, created by The Coalition for Inclusion and Anti-oppressive, launched in October 2023.