Thank you for attending our conference: Let’s move from Treatment to Prevention! Schools at the heart of effective community-based mental health delivery

A huge thank you to our hosts UBS and to all our amazing panellists and audience members. This conference was an informative morning of lively discussion with some key questions answered and we look forward to continuing this further with you all. 

Please find links to further reading which you might find of interest around the themes we presented at the conference.

Links and further reading

Session 1: System-wide strategies for mental health prevention and early intervention

• Place2Be's latest impact report
• Blog from Catherine Roche
• Pro Bono Economics 2022 paper - Every £1 spent on Place2Be support for primary school children generates £8 in benefits to society
• Children's Commissioner report - "Children's mental health services 2023-24" 
   

Session 2: The socio-economic benefits of a preventative approach in education

• Pro Bono Economics 2025 report - The £51 billion case for improving children's mental health
• Global Future Foundation's wellbeing guide - A practical framework to help young people to thrive in these challenging times.
• Deloitte's 'The shift to prevention'
• 'We need to talk about dyslexia' documentary - featuring panellist Headteacher David Huntingford
   

Session 3: How the right support can reshape a life

• Prison Reform Trust's factfile - The Bromley Briefings factfile highlights the latest facts and figures about our prisons and the people in them – with data for the year to September 2024.
• Beyond Equality programmes for schools - Pupil-centred conversations and workshops about ‘being a man’ so boys can do better by women and girls, non-binary folk and each other.
• Place2Be's James Emmett wrote a blog reflecting on the specific needs of boys who access Place2Be services