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5 April 2023
Webinar - Supporting Young Carers’ Wellbeing & Resilience in School

Aimed at those working in schools, during this webinar, speakers will outline some of the simple ideas and resources that schools can be used to support the wellbeing and resilience of young carers including the Young Carers in Schools Award and the Skills for Life programmes.

8 March 2023
Celebrating National Social and Emotional Learning Day

Partnership for Children’s suite of Skills for Life programmes support children to develop their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.

21 February 2023
Our highlights of 2022

We are delighted to share with you some of our highlights of 2022.

31 January 2023
Children’s Mental Health Week 6-12 February 2023

For this year’s theme Let’s Connect, we have created special activities inspired by our Skills for Life programmes Passport and SPARK Resilience.

23 November 2022
Webinar - Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing through Poverty Proofing

Aimed at those working in or with schools, this webinar brought together charities Partnership for Children, Children North East and Claire Rahman - Principal at Richmond Academy Oldham, to discuss the link between poverty and children’s mental health.  

14 November 2022
Anti-Bullying Week Activity

We have created a free to download activity for all primary school classes for Anti-Bullying Week 2022.

14 November 2022
Winners – International Contribution to Pastoral Care

We were delighted to be selected as Winners of International Contribution to Pastoral Care, at The National Association for Pastoral Care in Education’s annual awards ceremony.

5 October 2022
World Mental Health Day 2022

Monday October 10th is World Mental Health Day and this year's theme is 'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'.

3 October 2022
SPARK Resilience fits in perfectly to our PSHE curriculum

Ruth Mead, SPARK Resilience Teacher and SENCO at Virginia Primary School in Tower Hamlets shares her experience of delivering SPARK Resilience to her Year 6 class thanks to funding from Allen & Overy.

20 September 2022
End of Oldham Opportunity Area project

We have been delighted to work with Oldham Council over the past four years. As the project comes to an end we’d like to share some thoughts and reflections from those involved.

24 August 2022
The NEW Skills for Life Online Teaching Platform!

We are pleased to announce our brand new Online Teaching Platform for the Skills for Life programmes which will be available to new and current Skills for Life organisations in the UK from September.

5 July 2022
Celebrating 20 years of Zippy’s Friends in Lithuania!

Congratulations to our partner organisation in Lithuania, Vaiko Labui who are celebrating two amazing achievements - 20 years of running the Zippy’s Friends programme in Lithuania in 2020 and the 20th Anniversary of their organisation this year!

20 June 2022
Managing school transition from a social emotional perspective

Whether starting primary school or secondary school, changing schools, changing classes, or leaving school altogether, the transition period can be a challenging time for children.

16 June 2022
Working in partnership with Bounce Forward to support Senior Mental Health Leads

We are delighted to be working with fellow charity Bounce Forward to deliver their Department for Education quality assured course for Senior Mental Health Leads in 2022.

7 June 2022
Raising the flag for volunteers

At Partnership for Children we appreciate the time and dedication of our Trustees who have steered the charity through good times and challenging times. Our CEO tells us about her volunteering work.

18 May 2022
A Whole School Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing

As the need for effective mental health promotion in children is more important than ever we are excited to be launching our new Skills for Life as a Whole School Approach to Wellbeing Resource.