IMPACT REPORT 2021 - PLACE2BE
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1 Impact Report 2021
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“This is the only place that I
can be angry and nobody gets
upset with me.” Contents
– Nine year old boy
4 Who we are
“Place2Be helped me talk, so I 5 CEO’s welcome
stopped keeping things inside,
I talk with my friends and mum. 6 Focus 1 - High quality mental
I know that I always can ask health support in schools
adults for support if I need to.”
– Eleven year old girl 8 Rafi’s story
10 Focus 2 - Building confidence
“We cannot thank you and knowledge in schools
enough. It is like a miracle has 12 Focus 3 - Building the
happened. My child’s anxiety
has gone down. He has friends children’s mental health workforce
now. He began coming back 14 Focus 4 - Raising awareness of children
home on his own from school
and young people’s mental health
whereas before he was afraid
to go on the street even with 16 Our fundraising
an adult. He is open, positive
18 A huge thank you
and willing to try new things.”
– Parent
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Who we are Our work focuses on four areas:
Place2Be believes no child should
“2021 has been another incredibly challenging year for many
face mental health problems
alone.
1. 2. children and young people across the UK. We are hugely proud
of the perseverance, integrity and dedication of Place2Be’s
Building confidence staff, who have not only continued to provide crucial and life-
Since 1994, our mission has been Providing high- and knowledge
quality mental
changing support for children and families, but have also adapted,
to improve children and young in schools and with
health services in families, to promote a innovated and grown through these exceptional circumstances.
people’s mental health and emotional schools, backed by better understanding of
wellbeing. research. mental health. “As we look ahead to the next academic year, we know that
there is still much more to do. Our focus remains on expanding
Our expert teams work in school our frontline services, training and evidence, and raising vital
communities across the UK to awareness. Our ultimate goal is to reach and benefit more
support pupils and help them to
manage challenges in their lives. 3. children and families – who are at the heart of everything we do.”
Our vision is for all children and
Building a mental
health workforce 4.
young people to have the support that can support Raising awareness of
they need to build lifelong coping children and young children and young Catherine Roche, Chief Executive
skills and to thrive. people. people’s mental health
everywhere, from
government to the
general public.
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FOCUS High quality mental 31,000
children and young people
Our reach and impact
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health support in schools accessed a support service
from Place2Be
A life-changing impact Supporting the most
After children have Place2Be deprived communities
Children and young people but these benefits stay with them as they grow. This involves offering support and counselling: Of those who accessed Place2Be’s
We partnered with the Universities of Exeter and advice on family-focused issues and one-to-one weekly support:
The latest NHS data shows that one in six children and Cambridge to carry out a study into the long-term concerns.
young people have a diagnosable mental health issue. benefits of in-school mental health support. The
That’s an increase from one in nine children in 2019. findings, published in May 2021, showed improvements Our Parenting Smart website, featuring 79% 46%
Place2Be’s support is clearly more needed than ever. to children’s mental health after having Place2Be practical advice for parents of 4-11 year of those with severe received free
counselling, were still present a year after the olds, launched in 2021 initially to our difficulties show school meals
We create safe spaces in schools to allow children and counselling had ended. Place2Be schools, and then publicly in an improvement in
young people to open up about what’s worrying them. autumn 2021. mental health
Our life-changing support not only helps children to Families
cope with whatever challenges life has thrown at We are currently developing an online
them, but can also prevent problems from becoming
more serious in adolescence and adulthood.
Place2Be’s whole-school approach involves all the
adults who support a child, so that everyone gains a
parenting course in collaboration with
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
65% 25%
of children’s were involved
better, shared understanding of that child’s mental (SLaM), launching in early 2022.
difficulties had less with social care
Place2Be works within the school setting, giving health needs and how to support them.
impact on their
children easy access to support. We now provide an
learning
embedded mental health service in over 400 UK All Place2Be partner primary schools now have access
primary and secondary schools supporting a school to a dedicated Family Practitioner – who focuses on
community of around 225,000 children and young
people.
improving parents’ confidence and strengthening
family relationships. 73% 8%
find it easier to have were the subject
Not only do children and young people benefit In the past year, our school-based teams delivered over and keep friends of a child
immediately from accessible support in school, 19,000 ‘Parent Partnership’ sessions. protection plan
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Rafi’s story
Rafi lost his dad to cancer when He would draw pictures or play out Now Rafi smiles and waves at his
he was just five years old. A few scenes in the dolls’ house, where Place2Be counsellor when he passes
years later, now age seven, he was a silent figure watched on from a them in the corridor. He is a very
still overwhelmed by grief. distance. As he drew, he would popular, kind boy and is doing well in
‘wonder where people go when they school.
He carried a photograph of his die’. Using the Place2Be room’s sand
Please note, names and some identifying details have been
dad with him at all times, and even tray, he would create two separate changed to protect the privacy of the children and families we
wanted to keep it on his desk in lands with animal figures, to explore support. The child pictured is a model.
class. He would often be completely the the concepts of heaven and earth.
inconsolable and in floods of tears in
the classroom talking about how he Over the weeks, his counsellor was
missed him. able to help him name his feelings
and hold his pain, giving him time to
His sadness was so overwhelming that process his grief. Rafi began to be
it began to affect the other children. able to recognise and name his own
His teachers despaired – they didn’t feelings of anger and disappointment.
know what to do to help him. Rafi’s He also started to notice others and
mum was also concerned that his recognise how they may need help,
sadness could impact on his learning and express hope for the future. At
and his ability to make friends. the end of his sessions, he told his
counsellor “Even though you won’t be
Rafi began attending weekly sessions with me anymore, you’re always going
with Place2Be. During the sessions, he to be my special friend.”
explored themes of life and death.
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Building confidence 54,786
FOCUS teachers and school staff
2 and knowledge in schools undertook our new Mental
Health Champions - Foundation
programme
Teachers and school staff play We delivered our Place2Think sessions
a crucial role in both promoting for teachers and school leaders in
positive mental health for Scotland and London. These small group 846
their pupils, and spotting when supervision sessions support positive teachers and school leaders signed
mental health in school communities, up to join our reflective supervision
professional support may be needed.
and are facilitated by Place2Be clinicians groups, Place2Think
experienced in school and community
Place2Be is committed to building the
settings.
confidence, skills and knowledge of
school leaders and teachers, to promote
a better understanding of mental health
We also developed our quality assured 97%
Senior Mental Health Leads training of those who completed the Mental
and wellbeing.
programme. Launching in autumn 2021, Health Champions – Foundation
the programme supports leaders to programme would recommend it
In the past academic year, we launched
develop a whole school approach to
our online Mental Health Champions -
mental health.
Foundation programme, reaching 42% of
schools in the UK across every county in
At the end of all of our programmes,
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
trainees are invited to join our virtual “Place2Be provides a strong ethos and excellent track record in evidence-based interventions,
Ireland. 97% of those who completed
Staffroom – a supportive community using its own extensive routine data collection to improve the effectiveness of the services that they
the course would recommend it and
which offers ongoing access to deliver to schools. In addition, their networks extend across the country providing opportunities to
74% learned something that resulted in
Place2Be’s resources and expertise.
a change in their action, behaviour or learn from other highly motivated and skilled practitioners and their experience.”
attitude in the workplace. Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge
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99 FOCUS face-to-face training was greatly in line with changing needs of
people took up one of 3 reduced. As with other aspects
of our work, we continued our
service users and the workforce,
post-pandemic, and leveraging the
our counselling courses virtually wherever possible. opportunities presented by digital
qualification courses or blended learning.
and 162 people As part of our commitment
attended a ‘Taster Day’ Building the to broaden the workforce, we
were proud to launch a bursary
children’s mental scheme thanks to the support “Place2Be’s child-centred
765 of The Wolfson Foundation. We model meant that I was
Counsellors on health workforce awarded 28 bursaries to students able to train and focus on
Placement trained on low incomes to support
Through both our clinical their professional training with
understanding children and
with Place2Be
placements and professional Place2Be. their language. It enabled
qualifications pathways, Place2Be me to have the competency
is committed to training and Place2Be is also chair and host to work with children in a
developing a skilled workforce of the mental health sector-wide way which naturally feeds
115 of professionals with expertise Diversity and Inclusion Coalition
into adult counselling… We
workshops were in children and young people’s for counselling training providers.
delivered mental health. In February, we held a workshop must remember, all adults
to look at developing a more equal were children once, so it has
Our child counselling courses, and inclusive clinical curriculum, allowed me to empathise
qualifications and placements in and in 2022 will launch a toolkit to with adults more, as I am
28 schools are informed by over 25 support this.
able to connect with my inner
bursaries were years’ experience delivering mental
health services. In the next academic year, we child and theirs, through the
awarded to students
on low incomes will conduct a strategic review training I received.”
to support their In the past year as a result of the of Place2Be’s role in building the
professional training pandemic, our ability to deliver child mental health workforce – Former Place2Be Counsellor on Placement
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Raising awareness of children and Children’s Mental Our commitments
FOCUS Health Week
4 young people’s mental health Equality, diversity and inclusion
Our flagship annual campaign provides
Equality, diversity and inclusion remains an ongoing focus
a focal point in the school calendar to
We constantly evaluate our work to We published several peer reviewed papers for Place2Be. In summer 2021, we updated our commitment
promote positive mental health for all
ensure that what we do results in the to disseminate our learnings and share best to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.
children and young people.
best possible outcomes for children and practice.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Steering Group
young people. In February 2021, despite coinciding with
meets every six weeks to discuss and champion our EDI
a national lockdown, the campaign was
“Children who have access to a action plan.
By sharing our findings with a wide range of our most successful to date.
audiences, from government to the general Place2Be counsellor at primary
We seek to make Place2Be more representative of the
public, we aim to raise awareness of children school see benefits to their mental communities we support, championing the voices of
and young people’s mental health and the
role we all play to support it.
health over the longer term 225,000 colleagues and peers across diverse communities.
compared to children who don’t. downloads of our schools
School-based counselling could and families resources We launched our bursary scheme, awarding grants to
Over the past 12 months, Place2Be informed
students on low incomes (see page 12-13).
public policy on children’s mental health help address the urgent need to
by providing oral evidence to both the
Commons Education Committee and the
support children’s mental health £100,000 Beyond our own organisation, Place2Be also continues to
and could help reduce pressure on raised as a result of lead the therapy sector’s Diversity and Inclusion Coalition
Lords Committee on Public Services. We also
provided written evidence to the Health
oversubscribed child mental health activity during the week (see page 12-13).
and Social Care Committee and facilitated services.”
Sustainability
a young people’s evidence session with the
Education Committee. We have arranged Dr Katie Finning, University of Exeter 26,000
people posted about the Place2Be created a Green Charter in 2020, in which we
visits to Place2Be partner schools for MPs,
week on social media, with committed to reducing Place2Be’s environmental impact
including England’s Shadow Minister for
potential impressions of through actions including reducing London office energy
Mental Health.
over 320 million emissions and reducing CO2 emissions through travel.
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Our fundraising
Fundraising during the pandemic had its As ever, donations from charitable trusts and
our corporate partners played a huge part in Voluntary £8.2m
challenges, with events cancelled and
our fundraising success and we are hugely School £7.9m
much uncertainty surrounding different
income streams. This is why we are grateful to the extraordinary contribution Total income Local Government £1.5m
from each and every organisation. Central Government £0.7m
£19.3m
particularly grateful for each person and
every organisation that responded to the Training £0.5m
We are also grateful to all those in the
crisis by supporting Place2Be. Thanks to Gifts in Kind £0.4m
community who took part in their own
their combined commitment to children’s Investment £0.004m
challenges and activities to raise funds on our
mental health, we raised an incredible behalf, despite the difficulties with lockdowns
£8.2m in voluntary income during 20/21. and social distancing.
Nothing demonstrated that ‘the show must Without the generosity and passion of all
go on’ more than our virtual Carol Concert, our supporters, Place2Be would just not be
livestreamed from the church and supported able to ensure that so many children and
by a host of stars including Damien Lewis young people are supported through their Expenditure Mental health services &
and Keira Knightly. We were also delighted mental health problems. Thank you for making on charitable support £15.4m
that our Dress to Express fundraiser as part a lasting difference and helping us reach
of Children’s Mental Health Week captured children before it’s too late. activities Learning & development £2.1m
£18.1m
the imagination of children, young people and
adults across the UK. Raising awareness & promoting
understanding £0.6m18 19
A huge
Mark and Mo Constantine Mapfre Insurance Sir James Knott Trust Peter and Jan Winslow We are hugely grateful to those
Coutts Marshall Wace sketch Wolfson Foundation who give us their time, energy and
CVC Capital Partners Limited The Mohn Westlake Foundation STV Children’s Appeal Women of Achievement creativity on various committees and
thank you The David Cock Foundation
Deloitte LLP
Department of Health and Social Care
Morgan Stanley
Claire Musgrave
National Emergencies Trust
Swiss Re UK&I
Syncona Foundation
T. Rowe Price
XTX Markets
Zurich Community Trust (UK) Ltd
boards to help fundraise for Place2Be.
Development Board
(DHSC) Nominet - #RESET digital mental health The 29th May Charitable Trust
We are so grateful to the We wish to offer special
East Kent Hospitals University NHS programme The Brook Trust Steve Rigby (Chair)
organisations and individuals Foundation Trust North Carrick Community Benefit Company The City of Edinburgh Council acknowledgement to those who gave Zahir Bokhari
who, among other generous Euromonitor International Northwick Trust The Chartered Accountants’ Livery Charity us unrestricted and core cost funding, Andrew Howes
benefactors, have given us Evan Cornish Foundation Orley Farm School The Eranda Rothschild Foundation which provides security and flexibility Simon Mackenzie-Smith
for growth and development.
financial and other support Chris Field Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Masonic Charitable Foundation Claire Musgrave
Fieldfisher Pears Foundation The National Lottery Community Fund and William Russell
during the past year. Special thanks to the Pears
Duncan Ford People’s Postcode Lottery Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Mark Sorrell
G & K Boyes Charitable Trust The Permira Foundation Sport (DCMS) - Coronavirus Community Foundation, People’s Postcode Lottery, Barbara Storch
Allan & Gray Gill Philanthropy Garden House School The Peter Cundill Foundation Support Fund and The Peter Cundill Foundation, Jonathan Watkins
AOK Trust Garfield Weston Foundation PJT Partners The Plum Trust The Jongen Charitable Trust and Citi
Aspect Capital Limited The Haber Charitable Trust Porsche Cars Great Britain The Prudence Trust e for education who gave significant
Carol Concert Committee
Baillie Gifford Hg Capital Porticus UK The Sam West Foundation unrestricted funding.
Bain Capital Nic Humphries M&G The Thompson Family Charitable Trust Karen and Andrew Howes (Co Chairs)
Bank of America J Leon & Company PwC Nick Thomas We would also like to thank all of the
Carole Annett
The Beaverbrook Foundation John Armitage Charitable Trust QBE Foundation The Three Oaks Trust friends of Place2Be who have given
Tanya Baxter
Nicola and Richard Blackburn The John Horseman Trust The Rigby Foundation The Tomoro Foundation personally, attended our fundraising
Olivia Griffin
BlackRock John Laing Charitable Trust River Island TUUT Charitable Trust events, or taken on a challenge for
Jo James
Nigel Bliss Jongen Charitable Trust The Robertson Trust UBS Place2Be, as well as their wonderful
Yahya Mirjan
Bloomberg The Joyce & Norman Freed Charitable Trust Tim and Victoria Robinson Robert and Felicity Waley-Cohen
sponsors.
Andrew Mitchell
The Budd Family KKR The Royal Foundation Walter Scott & Partners Ltd Grace Newey
Lola Bute, founder of Eternity Knightsbridge School Sarasin & Partners LLP Tim Weller Penny Sainsbury
The Childhood Trust The Law Family Charitable Foundation Scottish Government – Children, Young White & Case LLP Zoe Stevens
Citi e for education London Community Foundation People and Families Early Intervention Fund William Grant Foundation
Clyde & Co The Lord Mayor’s Appeal Scottish Government – Wellbeing Fund Wimbledon Foundation
James Cochrane Lush Harrow School - Shaftesbury Enterprise Rowena Winkler20 “When I go to Place2Be I let the stress out and it goes away.” – Six year old girl Contact us Follow us If you are interested in finding @Place2Be out more about Place2Be, please get in touch: Place2Be 0207 923 5500 Place2Be enquiries@place2be.org.uk place2be.org.uk @_Place2Be Place2Be is a charity registered in England and Wales (1040756) and Scotland (SC038649), a Company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (02876150), registered office: 175 St. John Street, London, England, EC1V 4LW
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