Place2Be was awarded the grant through the Department of Health’s Voluntary Sector Investment Programme, enabling it to expand the range of services it offers to schools and families, and explore new funding models including payment-by-results, social impact bonds and private sector partnerships.
Benita Refson, founder and chief executive of Place2Be, said: "Our staff work in schools providing early intervention mental health support, without stigmatising children, young people or families and at a point when they need it most.
"This grant will give us much more capacity to make a real difference to children’s lives and for helping to provide much needed evidence of what really works. This will in turn help local authorities, the NHS, schools and others to support some of the key priorities facing local communities."
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