This grant will enable wider understanding of how to support education professionals providing pastoral support to children and young people.

What we’re funding: Our funding will go towards the salary costs of a Head of Impact and Influence. They will deliver an online community platform for teachers to connect and share best practice, produce media resources for teachers, work in partnership with Teach First to develop a national network of senior leaders, and facilitate training days to increase teachers’ capacity to support their pupils. Our funding will contribute to the improved practice of educational professionals working with young people.

Why we’re funding: Jamie’s Farm delivers a powerful and proven programme to improve mental wellbeing, behaviour, engagement with education and social and emotional skills for disadvantaged children. Within a context in which teachers and school leaders are reporting difficulties in managing increasingly challenging behaviour, it works closely with schools and organisations to target children who are not thriving in school, employing a collaborative approach, and actively sharing its learnings beyond its farms and into the classroom.