SUPPORTING Well-being
Our Ambition...
- Improved resilience and emotional wellbeing of children, parents and teachers
- All children in pre-school and nursery are fully prepared for school life
- Improved access to services for children and young people and early intervention
- School Nursing Pilot in Abbey Community College
- Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing approach
- Teacher support and well-being initiatives
- Staff training (eg Resilience, ACES, Nurture, Solihull
- Building consistent links with health services
- Support for parents and families
Parent Engagement
Barnardo’s Family Connections offers family support to families with primary aged children, helping with understanding children’s behaviour, establishing routines and boundaries, accessing support for children with additional needs, building strong parent child relationships, keeping children safe. Families can request support or be referred from schools, Family Support Hub and other organisations.
Parents can receive individual family support or can access a parent programme. Examples of programmes are Incredible Years, Incredible Years Autism, UP (support for parents of 8-12 year olds) and Smart Start school transition programme. There is also a family Summer Programme each year where parents and children have opportunities to play and learn together.
parent support
Monkstown Boxing Club works with parents of pupils involved in the In Your Corner programme and young people connected to youth programmes, supporting them with understanding their young person and looking after their own well-being.
Meet Mums is a monthly group for mums to get together for support and information. Parents also get to benefit from opportunities within the boxing club for personal development courses, exercise and counselling.
STEPS programme is an evidence-based programme delivered by the club and funded by THRiVE to create opportunity for women to set personal goals, discover their own capability and gain support from other women to make changes in their lives.
Designated Teachers
Staff Training
THRiVE wants the significant adults around children and young people, including teachers and youth workers, to be equipped with skills and support to work in a trauma-informed way. We deliver training in response to identified need.
THRiVE has provided training to build the capacity of local organisations and schools
- Outcomes Star training for family support and youth workers
- Intergenerational Trauma conference for school staff and youth practitioners
- Solihull training for early years and foundation teachers and practitioners
- Lego therapy training for school staff
- Y Box training for youth workers
- Incredible Years training for parents, family support workers and school staff
- Drawing, Talking and Building Blocks Therapy training for school staff
- PATHS Social and Emotional learning programme for school staff – training and coaching for implementation
News & Updates
WE CAN Awards 2025
The WE CAN Awards 2025 celebrated the achievements of ten outstanding individuals who were nominated for an award by their schools and youth groups within
THRiVE co-ordinator Claire Humphrey takes up new post with DE RAISE programme
We are delighted to announce the news that THRiVE co-ordinator Claire Humphrey has been seconded to the Department of Education to lead the new RAISE
A big BOOST for numeracy and literacy in THRiVE Schools
BOOST is a programme delivered to P5 children in THRiVE schools to help improve their skills in numeracy and literacy, build their confidence and help