PROJECT
Place2Be
PURPOSE
To support children with their mentalhealth in primary and secondary schools
FUNDING
The project costs around £34,000 for two-and-a-half days a week. Additional funding from grants, corporate donations and fundraising is used forinnovation, development and wider work
BACKGROUND
The charity Place2Be, which provides mental health support in schools, was founded in 1994 by qualified counsellor Dame Benita Refson. She was inspired by a project in Southwark, south London, which had placed a counsellor in a primary school. Her aim in setting up Place2Be was to support children as early as possible so their problems did not grow with them.
ACTION
Commissioned by schools and clinical commissioning groups, Place2Be provides each school with a qualified clinician who acts as project manager and is embedded in the school community. Project managers are based within the school during the hours the project runs, which can be between two to five days a week.
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