Step 2 are offering emotional wellbeing support for young women and girls in Bradford aged 16-25.
The offer consists of group mentoring, counselling and a drop-in session. The drop in group is every Thursday, 4pm-5.30pm located at Bowling Park next to the lodge café.
Counselling is every Tuesday evening, between 4pm-7pm, based at the Mayfield Centre.
For more information contact info@step2.org.uk
Secondary schools only
(Free)
Step 2 are offering fully funded workshops for boys in years 7 and 8 across Bradford.
A 6-week programme is delivered by a trained facilitator and can be in the form of targeted support for specific students. Includes topics such as gambling and gaming and misogyny.
For more information contact info@step2.org.uk
Secondary schools only
(Free)
2 x 1 hour Eating Well workshops delivered by Living Well Schools to increase parent/carer nutritional knowledge through food education covering:
Part 1
• What does healthy mean to you?
• Benefits of a balanced diet
• Eatwell Guide
• Importance of fibre, vitamins & minerals and vitamin D
• Food group activity
Part 2
• Sugar recommendations
• Understanding food labels
• Healthy swaps & alternatives
• Bradfords packed lunch toolkit
Key contact: schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
1 x 20-minute Healthy Schools Assembly delivered by Living Well Schools using the British Nutrition Foundations five themes to help everyone eat well and move more!
The assembly covers:
• Eatwell guide
• Getting at least 5 a day
• Focusing on fibre
• Foods high in fat, salt & sugar
• Staying hydrated
• Reducing food waste
• Moving more (less screen time)
If possible, we encourage parents/carers to also be invited.
Key contact: schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Rethink Food have launched the National School Pantry Network – a nationwide programme that gives schools direct access to funding and support, to help families facing food insecurity by providing healthy and culturally appropriate food options.
Six key benefits for schools:
• Improved attendance
• Better wellbeing
• Enhanced behaviour
• Parental support
• EAL family support
• Healthy eating
What you get:
• Up to £3,900 per year
• Free education resources, recipes & training
• Access to a national community of schools
• Expression of interest
Open to all schools
(Limited funding)
The Bite Back in Schools Programme empowers students to work towards a school food experience that gives them the fuel they need to succeed. Years 7, 8, 9 or 10 will have the opportunity to learn vital skills, such as leadership, teamwork, and planning projects that have a positive impact.
What you get:
• Kick-off assembly delivered by an inspiring Bite Back ambassador.
• Ready-to-go high-quality resources and session plans.
• £500 grant to help you run the programme.
• Start-to-end support from the Bite Back team.
• Engaging physical resources for students, including workbooks and badges.
Key contact: schoolfoodchampions@biteback2030.com
Secondary schools only
(Fully funded)
Step 2 offers a range of services to young people in schools, including this 6-week workshop-based course discussing the barriers children face around attending school. Aimed to be an early intervention measure, this can be in the form of targeted support for specific children.
For more information contact info@step2.org.uk
Secondary schools only
(Free)
Free workshops to schools for staff and young people to increase their understanding of vaping.
Workshops will look at topics including:
- The reason people might choose to vape
- Potential consequences and the impact of vaping
- Marketing techniques used by vaping companies and how they target young people
For more information or to book a session, please get in touch with Liz Robinson – Liz@step2.org.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
University of York
Working to transform the Yorkshire food system to provide healthy, sustainable and tasty food for children with less harm to our planet. Join by completing this 10 minute survey & get access to:
• Data to compare your school’s approach to food compared with others in your area
• Free resources and ideas to support teaching about food in schools
• Notification about national and regional food initiatives
• Opportunities for school trips, to engage with farmers and other events
• Chances to win prizes for your school
Key contact: fixourfoodinschools@york.ac.uk
Primary schools only
(Free)
Designed by and for teachers, The Story Project teaches pupils the importance of literature through stories whilst helping schools to deliver meaningful and impactful emotional literacy outcomes. Available for key stage 1, 2 & 3 (year 7 and 8). The primary offer provides schools with resources to achieve meaningful PSHE outcomes. The secondary programme uses extracts from contemporary books to facilitate discussion around complex emotional wellbeing topics.
Access to training, books and evidence-based lesson plans based around diverse, engaging and popular children's books that cover all the skills children need to learn related to wellbeing.
E: Olivia@story-project.co.uk
T: 07743234700
Open to all schools
(Free for eligible primary schools, cost attached for secondary schools)
A specialised programme designed to support young people aged 11-16 and empower them to navigate challenges with resilience, self-awareness, and confidence. myMindcoach provides a continued preventative mental wellbeing education to secondary schools. It offers students the guidance they need to manage stress, build resilience, and set personal goals.
Secondary Schools only
(Cost attached)
B-Safe’ is a fully funded programme, commissioned by Bradford Council Public Health to engage primary school leavers who are of transitioning age; year 5 and 6 pupils. The programme content covers six priority topics to educate, inform, raise awareness, motivate and encourage young people to improve their life chances, and empower them to make better choices, build resilience and stay safe within a school and community environment.
For more information please contact: michael@allstarents.co.uk
Invictus Wellbeing delivers the counselling and therapeutic support service of Youth in Mind across Bradford District & Craven. This service delivers short-medium term 1-1 mental health interventions to support children and young people 5-18 (up to 25 with additional needs). The service focuses on offering person centred, systemic, trauma informed and culturally competent support to young people.
Includes a range of interventions and depending on the needs, young people may be offered:
- 1:1 Talking therapy or Counselling
- Systemic Family Practise
- Play Therapy and Creative Therapy
- Brief solution focused interventions
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Digital interventions
- Group work and peer support
Open to all schools
(Free)
ProVeg UK
School Plates programme helps schools to serve healthy, climate-friendly meals by increasing the quality, quantity, and uptake of plant-based food as well as promoting more plants and less meat on menus. We help school caterers make small changes to menus that can have a big impact on children’s health and the health of the planet.
Range of free services include:
• Menu consultation and advice
• New recipes and recipe development
• Workshops and training
• The ProVeg school plates awards
• Climate health and budget analysis
• Network meetings and webinars
Key contact: schools@proveg.org
Open to all schools
(Free)
The National School Breakfast Programme is run by Family Action and funded by the Department for Education. It supports schools in England to provide children with a healthy breakfast, at the start of the school day. Family Action is committed to supporting child development, and we believe a healthy school breakfast, without barrier or stigma, can set up pupils to succeed and give them the very best chance to learn.
• Available to all schools who have 40% or more children in IDACI bands A-F
• Expression of interest
• Call: 020 4551 2251
• Key contact: info@schoolbreakfast.org.uk
Open to all schools
(Partially funded)
PhunkyFoods is a health-focused schools programme designed to teach children essential lessons on healthy eating and physical activity. Using art, drama, music, play, and hands-on food experiences, the programme makes learning about healthy lifestyles engaging and interactive. PhunkyFoods supports schools to promote positive health behaviours among pupils and their families, through a fun and dynamic holistic approach that encourages lasting lifestyle changes.
The 8 Active Ingredients of the PhunkyFoods Programme:
• Whole school training
• School health check & action plan
• Policy setting & governance
• Whole school activities
• Experiential curriculum activities
• Extra-curricular activities
• Student-led activities
• Parent engagement activities
Primary schools only
(Cost attached)
Training for school staff that helps you to understanding how the brain develops from the beginning and reducing the consequences of trauma and unfavourable childhood experiences. With a goal of lowering trauma, adversity, and promoting resilience, the Bradford ATR program is driving systemic change- by introducing the most recent ideas and data and by encouraging teamwork to inform changes to workplace practices, regulations, and culture.
For more information emailhello@betterstartbradford.org.uk or call 01274 723146
Open to all schools
(Free)
The Living Well Children and Families Service accept referrals for children aged 2-19 who are above a healthy weight. The service can support families to identify changes that will help the whole family work toward goals including:
• Eating well
• Moving well
• Sleeping well
• Feeling mentally well
How to access the service: GP Referral, Self-Referral, Non-Health Care Referrals e.g. education staff, early help.
Contact the service
Call: 01274 435660
Open to all schools
(Free)
Living Well Academy
This course is suitable for anyone wanting to learn a bit more about mental health and how to help look after their own and that of family/friends. It is an introductory 1-hour course and covers what mental health is including an interactive quiz, key communication skills when supporting someone with poor mental health and looking at self-help tools to help look after your own mental health and that of family and friends. Information on other courses and how to book on is also provided.
To host a session at your school or find out more please contact: learning@mylivingwell.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Bradford Council
School Libary Visits
For some, a school visit may be their very first experience in a library.
book a class visit using this online form.
Click here
Libary Events for Schools
These include author visits, art and themed workshops, theatre and storytelling performances as well as supporting reading initiatives.
Find events here
Count Me In
Number bags that are available for families to loan. Resources in the bag support young children with learning about numbers, colours and shapes.
Find out more here
Open to all schools
(Free)
BDCFT Community Dental Services
Dedicated team committed to improving the oral health of local communities in Bradford and Airedale, offering a range of programmes focusing on improving young children’s oral health, highlighting the importance of preventing dental decay from birth up to 19 years old.
Fluoride Varnish Programme:
• All schools are part of this programme and have a dedicated Oral Health Champion from the team.
Supervised Toothbrushing Programme:
• 32 primary schools from priority areas are being recruited to join this programme.
Key contact: ohp@bdct.nhs.uk
Call: 01274 529085
Primary schools only
(Free)
BDCFT Community Dental Services
Dedicated team committed to improving the oral health of local communities in Bradford and Airedale, offering a range of programmes focusing on improving young children’s oral health, highlighting the importance of preventing dental decay from birth up to 19 years old.
Parent Talks/Workshops:
• Schools can contact their Oral Health Champion for any oral health talks/parent workshops, the team will always attend if they have staffing capacity.
Key contact: ohp@bdct.nhs.uk
Call: 01274 529085
Open to all schools
(Free)
Mydentist Keighley are offering delivery of practice-based prevention and access (treatment) sessions for CYP and adults across Keighley, with the goal of reducing inequalities around oral health by:
• Collaborating with community stakeholders
• Increasing prevention activity
• Adopting a school-based approach
• Designating appointments for vulnerable groups
• Breaking down barriers to accessing care
• Working towards a 'family solution' and building household habits
Anyone with a professional email can submit a referral form for a CYP. Please download below and email to: mydentist.keighley@nhs.net
Open to all schools
(Free)
Mydentist Keighley are offering delivery community-based prevention sessions for CYP and adults across Keighley, with the goal of reducing inequalities around oral health by:
• Collaborating with community stakeholders
• Increasing prevention activity
• Adopting a school-based approach
• Designating appointments for vulnerable groups
• Breaking down barriers to accessing care
• Working towards a 'family solution' and building household habits
Any questions or to invite Mydentist Keighley to deliver a session in your setting, please contact: keighley-pm@mydentist.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Highly skilled, dedicated and professional team of Educational Psychologists whose aim is to use psychology to enable positive change to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people. We promote learning, social inclusion and emotional health and well-being within schools, settings and partner agencies.
Offering input in relation to a wide range of issues that impact on children and young people’s learning and progress, including specific and general learning difficulties, language and communication skills, issues relating to social, emotional and mental health and physical / sensory difficulties.
For more information contact EducationalPsychologyTeam@bradford.gov.uk or call: 01274 439444
Open to all schools
(Free and costed offers)
Mental health information, advice and support in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.
For schools:
• Click here for Directory of Children and Young People’s Mental Wellbeing Services (interactive PDF).
• Click here to find support for your school.
• Click here for Bradford Healthy Minds Chartermark.
For individuals:
• Click here to find support for yourself or someone else.
• Click here to search for services, activities, information and apps.
Open to all schools
(Free)
Please find below a list of pages in this section:
• Bradford Healthy Minds Chartermark
• DfE Grant Funded Senior Mental Health Lead Training
• Education Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners Team
• Healthy Minds - Services Directory for Schools
• Healthy Minds Wellbeing Intervention Training
• Mental Health Champions CORE
• Mental Health Champions PLUS
• Self Harm in School
Open to all schools
(Free)
Educate Against Islamophobia (EAI) is an organisation committed to combating Islamophobia through education.
Some free teaching and learning resources are available for download via the website.
Workshops and assemblies can be delivered in early years settings, primary and secondary schools. Themes include:
• Active Bystanders in the Fight Against Islamophobia
• Challenging Negative Stereotypes Around Islam and Muslims
• Muslim Discoveries
• Muslim Contributions to Mathematics
Islamophobia awareness training and EDI audits are also available for school staff and practitioners.
Secondary schools only
(Cost attached)
Bradford and Children Families Trust
East locality ehcfamilyhubeast@bradfordcft.org.uk
West locality ehcfamilyhubwest@bradfordcft.org.uk
South locality ehcfamilyhubsouth@bradford.gov.uk
Keighley & Shipley locality ehcfamilyhubkeighleyshipley@bradfordcft.org.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
The aim of the Living Well Academy is to make it easier for people across the district to find learning opportunities to develop new skills and the confidence to improve health and wellbeing. On this site you’ll find access to training and other learning resources to help make this possible.
Courses available to your school community:
• Royal Society for Public Health Training
• Mental Health First Aid
• Living Well Introduction to Mental Health
• Living Well Making Every Contact Count (MECC)
• Booking Courses
Key contact: learning@mylivingwell.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Bikeability is ‘cyclist training’ for all in the 21st century, designed to give the next generation of riders the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads.
Bikeability Bradford can offer:
- Learn To Ride
- Bikeability Balance
- Bikeability 1,2 and 3
- Ebikes
- School Holiday courses
It is free for schools to access that meet certain criteria.
For road safefty information, please visit:
Road Safety Bradford
Commando Joe's Lets Play programme aims to increase physical activity during the school day through improving children's play experiences at breaktimes and lunches.
Offering a pupil-led play enrichment programme delivered by the children for the children. Promoting positive behaviours drawing upon the 7 core elements of play to promote social and emotional learning and build upon the foundations of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
T: 01942 409654
E: info@commandojoes.co.uk
Living Well Schools, in collaboration with Child Friendly Bradford, are offering schools to join us for a free, fun and interactive Local Democracy Workshop at City Hall.
Your pupils will get the opportunity to learn about how decisions are made in our city, meet local councillors, and share their ideas on how to improve the community. It’s a great way to develop civic awareness.
To book a workshop email
childfriendly@bradford.gov.uk
Open to all schools
(free)
An hour training session delivered by Living Well Schools covering the Bradford context of poverty and how poverty impacts education and health.
The intended outcome is to increase understanding of the impact that poverty has on the school day and consider changes your school can make to reduce its impact.
If possible, we recommend all school staff that interact with CYP &/or their families attend.
For more details please download flyer below &/or contact: schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Grow to School CIC works with schools to create practical ways to enhance access to outdoor learning, enriching education for all children. We focus on providing hands-on outdoor learning and food-growing opportunities for Pre-school, Early Years, and Primary settings. Accredited by the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge.
We offer support, training and easy-to-use resources to help schools:
• Grow, cook and taste fresh food
• Learn about and interact with nature
• Teach their curriculum outdoors
• Train teachers to lead outdoor classes confidently
• Use the outdoors as a learning space
• Growbag Primary Toolkit
• Growbag Mini Toolkit
Key contact: grow@growtoschool.co.uk
Primary schools only
(Cost attached)
Teach Active provides schools and teachers with online lesson plans and resources designed to deliver the Maths and English curriculum through physically active learning.
Containing over 3000 active Maths and English lesson plans, giving teachers the ideas and resources to plan and deliver outstanding lessons.
T: 01244 735 110
E: info@teachactive.org
The Living Well Schools Playtime Toolkit is a CPD opportunity for staff and pupils to increase their confidence to encourage and facilitate physical activity at break times and lunch times.
The toolkit aims to embed low resource opportunities for children to increase their confidence and leadership skills and widen their participation in physical activity outside of curriculum time.
Key contact: schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
Primary schools only
(Free)
Canal & River Trust are pleased to be funded by Sport England to deliver programmes of physical activity with children and young people across the Bradford District, focusing on ways of keeping active along the canal, such as walking groups to water based activities.
Aiming to increase the amount of physical activity children and young people are taking part in and showcasing the canal and other blue and green spaces as great locations for free or low cost physical activity.
• Physical activity in blue and green spaces: KS2 (After school)
• Up skilling opportunities: School staff/Parents (Limited spaces from September 25)
Key contact: schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
Primary schools only
(Free)
Explore the geography of rivers, history of canals, their place in our communities, the habitats they support and the positive impact they have on our wellbeing.
Free visits, workshops, resources and more!
Facilitated provision for schools include:
• Outreach
Workshops, talks, live webinars and assemblies: in school and online.
• Water safety
In-school and online workshops.
• STEM
Explore real-world STEM through visits, workshops and careers education.
• Social Action
Get involved through challenges, fundraising and volunteering.
Open to all schools
(Free)
Information, support and guidance for professionals working within education sector in schools, nursery/early years settings or further education.
• 1:1 support to children and young people following bereavement of any relationship, within any timescale
• Family and sibling support sessions
• Pre-bereavement support is offered to children and families when someone is not expected to live beyond 6 months.
• Various group programmes/drop-in across the area as well as National online support groups/webinars
• Specific bereavement groups can be set-up/facilitated within schools where there is a specific need
• Training to professionals (some school training does now incur a charge but this is reviewed on a case by case basis –
• Drop-in school support in response to a student or staff death is offered with immediate response
E: isobel.keeling@childbereavementuk.org
M: 07825339221
Open to all schools
(Free)
WOW is a pupil-led initiative where children self-report how they get to school every day using the interactive WOW Travel Tracker.
If they travel sustainably (walk/wheel, cycle or scoot) once a week for a month, they get rewarded with a badge. It's that easy!
If you would like to find out more about getting your school involved please email or visit the website.
E: orders@livingstreets.org.uk
Bradford Forest School Network is a group of individuals and organisations with a mission is to promote to develop and promote Forest Schools in the Bradford District.
They offer children, young people and adults’ regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a local woodland or natural wooded environment.
E: info@bradfordforestschools.co.uk
Bikeability has a vision to ensure everyone has the confidence to cycle and enjoy this skill for life.
They deliver cycle training to both children and adults, but the majority of delivery is helping children learn the life skill of cycling.
E: contactus@bikeability.org.uk
Tel: 01223 606027
GoWild Outdoors mission is to raise self esteem, awareness and self confidence with an appreciation of the natural environment through outdoor adventure.
Offering a variety of support to suit your schools individual needs including forest schools, education based outdoor programmes and residentials.
Sessions are play-based experiences that support children on their journey, raising confidence and self-esteem, supporting communication, building relationships with other children and helping them to understand and manage their own emotions.
E: office@gowildoutdoors.co.uk
T: 01274 900 301
Youth Sports Development are a specialist sports coaching company who work closely with nurseries, preschools and primary schools within Yorkshire.
Offering highly qualified, experienced and dedicated coaching team they are able to offer the following:
-PPA PE Lessons and PE CPD
-Dance & Gymnastics
-Breakfast, Lunchtime and After School Clubs
-Sports Leaders Awards
-School Holidays Multi Sports Clubs
E: ross@youthsportsdevelopment.co.uk
T: 01274 834 365
Audit to evaluate and improve provisions in schools, and make a whole school approach to Mental health. This extends onto both staff and pupils, to provide a sense of safety and to help build appropriate relationships to further provide a positive environment. The Chartermark is based on eight key principles for mental health and wellbeing as recognised by Public Health England, this is to ensure benchmarks are met whilst meeting the target of a whole school approach.
For more information contact EmotionalWellbeingChartermark@bradford.gov.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
The nurturing approach considers how a child’s social environment affects their emotional wellbeing, their social skills, and how ready they are to engage at school and in the wider community. It’s an evidence-based approach to improve behaviour and attendance, and wellbeing in your school, leading to better attainment and reduced exclusions. By building nurture into your school’s culture and everyday work, your team can help pupils to develop the social skills they need to thrive.
For more information contact info@nurtureuk.org or telephone 020 3962 0886
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
An out of hours listening service to support those struggling with their mental health. Night OWLS is a confidential support line for children and young people in crisis, helping them, and their parents and carers. Trained professionals are at hand to ease those with anxiety, depression or any concerns regarding their emotional wellbeing.
For more information contact survivor.led@lslcs.org.uk
T: 0800 1488 244
Text: 07984 376950
Open to all schools
(Free)
Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship. These fundamentals are showcased via tailored workshops created by teachers for teachers to help share key tips and tricks. This provides a whole-school approach to help ensure positive behaviour, mental health, wellbeing, resilience and achievement – equipping you everything you need to meet the Relationships Education and Health Education statutory requirements. Catering for all key stages in primary school.
Email:cle@coram.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7520 0364
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
Kooth is a free, safe and anonymous online mental health and wellbeing service supporting children and young people aged 10-18.
They can access professional support with a BACP accredited counsellor until 10pm every night.
On top of 1-2-1 counselling, users can access a range of self-help tools such as journaling, helpful articles and goal setting to equip themselves with the tools and life skills to support their wellbeing.
Kooth also offers safe and moderated live forums and discussion boards where users can share their lived experiences and support with each other.
Email: kel@kooth.com
Text: 85258
Open to all schools
(Free)
Surveys for parents, students and teachers with data collection/analysis to help identify and support those who need it. Bounce Together help to ensure quality resourcing to aide and enhance the wellbeing of schools in its entirety with different ways to measure data collectively whilst proving a variety. Implementing early intervention strategies in schools are crucial for promoting student success, enhancing school culture, and fostering a supportive learning environment.
E: hello@bouncetogether.co.uk
T: 0161 518 5245
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
The Mental Health Support Teams offers low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), one to one and group work with children and young people at primary and secondary school who experience worry, low mood, separation anxiety, panic and general anxiety in schools. The team also offers support to parents and teachers, they can signpost to other services and share useful information and resources.
E: foi.requests@bdct.nhs.uk
T: 01274 228300
Open to select primary and secondary schools
(Free)
A Mental Health Champion Training Programme for primary school children to inspire and motivate pupils to become creative in and outside the classroom. Free online Mental Health Champion Training Video lessons for KS2 pupils, navigate their emotions and build relationships. This aids in better performance in the classroom and becoming more self-aware of oneself to further develop.
E: info@onegoal.co.uk
Offers children’s programmes to help them to recognise emotions, respond skillfully and use simple tools and habits to help them take ownership of their wellbeing through mindful workshops and evidence-based programmes. A free programme for parents/carers to give them simple yet powerful/effective strategies to help manage stress and build emotional resilience by giving them more knowledge.
E: enquiries@do-bemindful.com
T: 0800 197 8804
Open to all schools
(Free)
The Warm Homes Healthy People grant provides free independent energy advice for those living in the Bradford District area.
They can:
- Support and advice on energy bills
- Help with debt and benefits checks
- Install small energy efficiency measures
Schools are advised to go to the website to see the eligibility criteria and make a referral.
Email: Simon.Kilshaw@groundwork.org.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Move & Learn training programmes aim to support teachers in finding purposeful & manageable ways to integrate movement into their lessons & across the school day.
Move & Learn Training
-Initial Teacher Training: 2x half day sessions (in person/online).
-Locality Middle Leader Training: 3x half day sessions (middle leader)
-Whole School Staff Training: 2x 1-hour sessions for all school staff.
-Bespoke Training: Suitable for SEND leaders.
Prices on request based on location, context and numbers involved.
E: ian@moveandlearn.co.uk
E: bryn@moveandlearn.co.uk
Online school uniform marketplace, where parents and PTAs can buy, sell, give away and recycle outgrown school uniform.
Open to all schools
(Free)
Zarach is a charity committed to helping vulnerable children and families living in poverty. Schools in Bradford can make referrals to provide eligible families in need with new beds.
Open to all schools
(Free)
OPAL is an award-winning, mentor supported school improvement programme that addresses all the areas that schools must plan for if they want to strategically and sustainably improve the quality of their play opportunities.
The programme embeds play into the school’s policies and practices and establishes clear guiding principles and strategies for initiating lasting changes at playtimes.
For more information visit the website below.
Offering a whole-school, age-differentiated programme that uses the power of film, resources and action projects to build the skill of empathy in students aged 5-18.
Including resources have been crafted to provide maximum impact, help reduce workload and equip young people with human skills to support them personally - and prepare them for the fast-changing future of work.
To find out more about how your school can get involved please visit the website below.
Open to all schools
(Cost with some free elements)
Living Well Schools, in collaboration with Child Friendly Bradford, are offering schools to join us for a free, fun and interactive Local Democracy Workshop at City Hall.
Your pupils will get the opportunity to learn about how decisions are made in our city, meet local councillors, and share their ideas on how to improve the community. It’s a great way to develop civic awareness and gain better understanding of how democracy works beyond the school gates and how everyone’s voice matters.
If you are interested, please email: schools@mylivingwell.co.uk
Advocates for body positivity from a young age. Helps build a supportive environment for all children and body types, educating them on positive body esteem, inclusion and body respect aiding wellbeing. Bullying is a result of low esteem, Body Happy Org, using peer advocacy, changes the culture around negative body stigma. Offered to EYFS to Key stage 4, via student sessions delivered by trained professionals. Includes workshops for parents/carers.
• Student Sessions – 3-18 Introduce students to core concepts to cement a culture of positive body esteem. In person.
• Professional Development Workshops
• Body image teaching resources
E: hello@bodyhappyorg.com
T: 020 33897965
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
Citizens UK supports students to become leaders and build strong relationships with families and neighbouring organisations. It is a way for schools and colleges to address issues beyond their gates as well as issues which have a direct impact on the well-being of their young people and families. Using Community Organising, students, teachers and parents can work together to drive community-led solutions to big and small problems, that work for everyone.
An awards programme using the ‘whole school approach’ to nourish your school. Food for Life give you all you need to get your pupils growing, cooking and connected to nature. It’s not making more work; it’s about using food and growing to enrich your existing curriculum. You’ll meet School Food Standards and involve pupils to transform their lunchtimes.
The programme supports schools to:
• improve the health, wellbeing and motivation of pupils and staff
• encourage pupils to take part in enrichment activities
• enable children to feel empowered to make their own choices to improve wellbeing
• connect with parents and your local community
Primary schools only
(Cost attached)
IMAS aim to bring people of all abilities together to play sports and learn from each other, giving everyone the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
IMAS educators with lived experience of disability co-produce and co-deliver accessible training and resources, sharing their learning and experiences.
E: contact@mixedabilitysports.org
A Play Street is a road that has been temporarily closed to through traffic to create space for children to play out.
Play Street sessions also provide a great chance to bring neighbours together to get to know each other better and bring a real sense of community spirit to the street.
For more information register your school’s interest by visiting the website below.
Premier League Primary Stars is a programme aimed at inspiring young children to learn, be active and develop important life skills.
This is done through the availability of completely free curriculum-linked teaching resources which support English, Maths, PSHE and PE.
E: office@bcfccommunity.co.uk
Tel: 01274 706850
A programme tailored for children, schools & families to help children build their resilience. Combining the latest research, science and technology to help children develop lifelong habits and learn to thrive whilst preparing them for todays world. Equipping children with the knowledge, skills and tools to thrive. To aid emotional intelligence and good lifelong habits. My Happy Minds is designated for early years to yr6. Staff wellbeing programme and a Parent App too to promote inclusivity.
E: hello@myHappymind.org
T: 07403 881886
Primary Schools only
(Funded offer)
A team of technologists and teachers dedicated to helping schools deliver a healthier, more active and more fulfilling curriculum for every child.
Offering the only wearable activity tracker for schools, Moki Bands keep track of steps and active minutes, offering an exciting new way to engage students.
Email, call or chat online by visiting the website.
Dance United Yorkshire positively changes the lives of marginalised and hard-to-reach people through high-quality dance training and performance.
Create and deliver bespoke dance projects and interventions to meet the needs of different groups of people who are struggling with difficult life circumstances.
Tel: +44 (0)1274 649404
NourishEd | School Health UK is an online nutrition certification for schools that formally qualifies educators to promote healthier eating habits and improve school health and well-being.
The course enhances academic performance and prepares educators to:
• Lead nutrition initiatives
• Support policy
• Plan menus
• Conduct educational workshops as certified School Nutrition Specialists
The NourishEd course is certified by The Association for Nutrition (AfN). This ensures that the content meets the standard for awarding an AfN Certificate in Nutrition Education, giving you confidence in the quality and credibility of the programme.
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
School Health UK are proud to have supported hundreds of schools and helped them to achieve a Better Lunchtimes Kitemark of approval to really shout about. The Better Lunchtimes Project supports schools to transform their lunchtimes and benefit from a more calm, happier and organised lunchtime for your school community and brought to you by experts.
School Health UK work with you to create a fully bespoke strategy, unique to your school. They'll also help you and your team to implement tools to create a happier and healthier lunchtime for pupils and staff. It's a win-win!
Open to all schools
The Better Lunchtimes Project
(Cost attached)
Better Lunchtime Checklist
(Free)
The Venturists is a social action project and aligns with Ofsted’s guidelines to create change in schools or communities. Young people will benefit from developing a wide range of skills including increasing confidence, life skills, and ambition as well as having an active role in creating positive change in their community.
Young people set up a social action programme. It includes approximately 26 hours of delivery which includes workbooks, lessons plans, teacher guidance and videos linking to the National Curriculum.
9-11 years
Email: jill@participateprojects.org.uk
Primary Schools only
(cost attached)
A fully funded food education programme to schools. Teaching children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school.
Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.
Open to all schools
(Funding dependent)
The Children's University program is a partnership between schools and the University of Bradford. It encourages children to participate in extra-curricular activities providing new learning opportunities. Children get an online log to monitor their activities.
7-12 years
Email: childrensuniversity@bradford.ac.uk
Open to all schools
(cost attached)
Elevate leadership, debate, and oracy skills across your entire school with our pioneering pupil voice programme. With a selection of over 2,000 topics and five new engaging questions every week—including a significant pupil-led debate—our platform is designed to captivate and empower every student. Whether you aim to enhance your Student Council or foster student-led initiatives, our intuitive software and straightforward guide streamline the process.
The Linking Network inspires and equips schools to support children and young people to build meaningful connections across all forms of difference. Sharing of time and experiences with people from different backgrounds. This might be socioeconomic background, nationality, faith or belief, age or other differentiating characteristics.
Our work at The Linking Network is rooted in research around intergroup contact. ‘Linking’ provides opportunities for meaningful positive social contact.
Primary Schools only.
(annual subscription for resources)
Kanga Sports aims to engage, inspire and spark a passion for sport in children of all ages.
Providers of high-quality physical education and performing arts, continually diversifying to offer activities that will appeal to children with all interests to ensure every child is engaged and enjoying some form of physical activity.
-Building Confidence in Delivering P.E (Staff CPD)
-Maths On The Move
-English On The Move
-Kanga Swim
-Kanga Forest
E: office@kangasports.co.uk
Children North East is a large children's charity based in the North East of England which supports children reaching their full potential.
Poverty Proofing© – helping schools understand the barriers children living in poverty face when engaging fully with school life and its opportunities. It uses the voice of teachers, pupils and families and gives recommended actions to make school more equal.
Tel: 0191 256 2444
Email: enquiries@children-ne.org.uk
Open to all schools.
(cost attached)
School uniform costs put a huge pressure on families, this includes the cost of shoes.
Sals Shoes provides schools with a bank of shoes to support children and families, however, this initiative is dependent on funding. Schools contact the organisation via email and funding permitting they will send the shoes to your school.
Open to all schools
(Free)
Connect PSHE is a children's well-being curriculum that covers all of the DfE statutory requirements for PSHE curricula for the primary phase of education. Developed by an expert team of educationalists and child psychologists and is based on an evidence-based well-being model called DNA-V and the well-known Six Ways to Well-being:
Connecting with others, challenging oneself, giving to others, exercising, embracing the moment and self-care.
E: hello@coonect-phse.org
Primary Schools only
(Cost attached)
The Royal Ballet & Opera House School’s Programme aims to inspire creativity through dance with free award-winning teacher CPD, curriculum-based resources and live lessons for primary and secondary students.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7304 4000
Welbee provides support to schools to systematically improve staff wellbeing, to deliver higher staff retention, lower absences, lower costs, and improved student outcomes. A survey toolkit is used to assess and monitor the wellbeing of staff to ensure quality in teaching and wellbeing practice.
The Welbee Way is a unique 3-step approach:
1. Measure & Track Staff Wellbeing
2. Analysis provided with recommended actions
3. Embed into your culture with ongoing support
E: support@welbee.co.uk
T: 01277 554001
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
Trees for Cities is the only UK charity working at a national and international scale to improve lives by planting trees in cities and towns. We get stuck in with local communities to cultivate lasting change in their neighbourhoods – whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or getting people excited about growing, foraging and eating healthy food.
E: schools@treesforcities.org
T: 020 7587 1320
Health Action Local Engagement specialises in providing outreach programmes, activities and education to the most vulnerable in our communities. Main topic of area is mental and physical health. Hale uses creative approaches to build positive relationships, support needs, confidence, health and well-being. Teaches self-care and work with people of all ages and has a social prescribing for pupils 9-19.
E: info@haleproject.org.uk
T: 01274 271088
Open to all schools
(Free)
Tagtiv8 provides educational resources and training that develop confidence in key areas of the curriculum through physical activity.
A range of physically active learning (PAL) games with a multitude of benefits delivered in person or online.
-Active Learning (Mathematics)
-Active Learning (English)
-Active Learning Training, CPD and Support
For more information on pricing please contact via phone or email or by visiting the website below.
E: hello@tagtiv8.com
Tel: +44 20 3370 4272
Tel: +44 7506 523354
Inn Churches are passionate about teaching children and young people about food and believe that food preparation is a great way to develop confidence and skills which can be transferred to other areas of learning.
Inn Churches can give your teaching staff a helping hand with any food-related topic, whether it’s a one-off talk around a specific curriculum subject, a hands-on workshop for pupils and parents or training for your teachers. They can deliver classes both at school and in their fully-equipped kitchen in the new Darley Street Market.
Call: 07712 659231
Key contact: soraya@innchurches.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Cost attached)
Magic Breakfast helps to transform children’s learning and wellbeing through breakfast. With decades of experience in setting up breakfast provision to ensure children and young people are fueled for learning, health and opportunities. They provide healthy breakfasts, delivered to your school’s door, and work with school staff to set up the best hunger-focused, stigma-free and accessible breakfast provision possible.
What your school can expect by becoming a Magic Breakfast school:
• Removing hunger as a barrier to learning
• Reducing the attainment gap
• Reducing behaviour concerns in school
• Increasing punctuality & reducing absence levels
• Improving mental and physical health & social skills
Eligibility: 35% or above Pupil Premium
Key contact: info@magicbreakfast.com
Open to all schools
(Eligibility dependent)
Provided by: Bradford Rape Crisis
District-wide
Bradford Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Survivors Service offers a Specialist Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) for Girls & Young women, providing advocacy & support including throughout the criminal justice process.
Email
Provided by: Remembering Srebrenica/Bradford Council
District-wide
Speak Out! is an education programme for secondary pupils that promotes the values of equality, democracy and human rights, and explores ways in which young people can use their voices constructively for society.
The programme uses a discussion based approach and an element of peer education to explore issues such as harassment, discrimination, and political extremism. The aim is to develop young peoples’ critical thinking skills and empathy in the face of divisive narratives, peer pressure and harmful social norms.
The programmes contains various options which can be purchased together or separately. They are:
- Workshops for Key Stage 3 classes on sexual harassment, democracy and making change, or propaganda and critical thinking.
- Training for peer educators on the Remembering Srebrenica exhibition, including the loan of the exhibition for up to two weeks.
- A new educational film produced by the University of Bradford which supports the exhibition.
- Pupil voice development work.
- A free whole school assembly.
Email
Provided by: Bradford Rape Crisis
District-wide
Specialist sexual violence support for girls and young women in secondary school or college – no pre-set number of sessions or time limits. For girls and young women presenting with a range of complexity including those more vulnerable and at risk of sexual abuse. Individual referrals will be based on clinical and risk assessment, their capacity to give informed consent and their decision about whether they want a service from BRC&SASS.
Experienced, qualified Rape Crisis workers offer flexible weekly one to one support for girls and young women who have disclosed sexual violence of any type at any time in their lives. This includes text, WhatsApp, phone and face to face sessions which can be provided at school, at our Centre and on line. Additional services include counselling, help line and Jyoti services for Black, Asian & Minoritised women & girls.
On line referral form here: Referral form
You can call our help line to discuss potential referrals: 0800 448 0710
Email
Provided by: NHS/Locala
District-wide
The link below provides information about finding contraception, testing for sexually transmitted infections and advice if someone thinks they might be pregnant.
Sexual Health Services-Bradford Council
Click below if needing information to signpost an under 18 person to sexual health services/STI checking/sexual health information in Bradford.
Sexual health services information
Sustrans help young people to travel actively and safely to school or to college.
They offer a programme of activities that can help schools increase physical activity, reduce congestion and improve safety around the school.
-School Streets
-Big Street Survey
-Big Walk & Wheel
E: supporters@sustrans.org.uk
Tel: 0300 303 2604
District-wide
Step 2 have an established CPD programme offering workshops to professionals. Topics include: Mental Health and Young People – a different approach; Young People and the Online World; Domestic Abuse and the impact on Young People; CSE & Grooming; The impact of Pornography on Young People; Relationships and Sexual Education; Sexual Health and Contraception.
The delivery team for the RSE programme also have a package of training to offer to staff to help them to gain the confidence and knowledge to deliver the RSE programme. Sessions include answering difficult questions, using appropriate language and can relate to any of the subject areas required by the DFE.
Step 2 have several programmes which can be delivered to small groups, often in single gender groups, which can address issues that arise in schools or are identified in RSE lessons.
Step 2 also offer a clinical supervision service for safeguarding leads, pastoral staff and others who deal with the mental health issues of young people on a regular basis. This service will help to support and safeguard the challenging work they do.
Step 2 Young People’s Health – YouTube
Tel: 01274 683118
Email: sarah.pearson@step2.org.uk
Provided by: JAMES, Hale and Step 2
District-wide
In March 2021, we announced our partnership with HALE and JAMES to provide a new and updated formula for Bradford schools to deliver their Relationships, Sex and Health Education. As a part of this programme, the partner organisations have employed a qualified teacher and specialist youth workers to deliver the programme to Bradford Secondary schools, in line with DFE guidelines. We can tailor our programme to the needs of the schools and their students. The programme includes sessions on identity and values, boundaries, gender and sexuality, consent and peer pressure, teenage relationship abuse, sexual health and contraception and pornography.
Step 2 Young People’s Health – YouTube
Tel: 01274 683118
Email
Action For Sport is a national charity dedicated to ensuring that everyone can participate in sport.
The charity aims to promote sport, remove barriers and protect the environment.
They are determined to prevent poverty being a barrier to children and young people playing sport. Everyone should have the opportunity to participate, and poverty should never be a barrier.
E: info@actionforsport.org.uk
Provided by: Healthy Mind Apprentices
Young people from Bradford, Craven and Calderdale have created an exciting movement aimed at addressing issues around inequality, discrimination, loneliness, poverty and prejudice that impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the area.
Their campaign, titled Kindness, Compassion and Understanding (KCU), aims to inspire people to make a conscious effort to promote kindness and empathy to friends, family, peers and people within their community – in short, an anti-bullying campaign with a difference.
E: Michael@allstarents.co.uk
Open to all schools
(Free)
Provided by: Bradford Rape Crisis
District-wide
Bradford Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Survivors Service offers participatory, age-appropriate, evidence-based workshops by Specialist sexual violence prevention facilitators:
• Create safe and supportive classroom spaces.
• Increase students’ understanding of gender stereotypes (processes and impacts.)
• Support young people to develop their critical thinking skills and media literacy.
• Increase understandings of consent and how to seek, give and not give consent.
• Enable students to recognise different kinds of abuse.
• Encourage students to challenge sexism and sexual bullying amongst their peers where possible.
• Help students to develop skills for healthy relationships.
• Ensure students know where they can seek help.
Tel: 0800 448 0710
Email
Bradford Educational Psychology Team
Fully-funded training for senior mental health leads in schools and FE colleges in England.
The course has a strong emphasis on psychological theories, models and the practical aspects of managing the process of change, alongside providing information on evidence based whole school approaches that can be used as a foundation to your whole school approach.
(Fully funded)*
E: BradfordSeniorMentalHealthLeads@bradford.gov.uk
Provided by: Asthma and Anaphylaxis UK
District-wide
Asthma and Anaphylaxis awareness training
From September 2019 we are offering a revised free of charge training offer to schools, as outlined below:
All school staff will be offered online training in the form of an Asthma and Anaphylaxis UK e-learning resource, which can be completed by all school staff.
These changes to our training offer will ensure that every member of school staff, including supply staff, catering staff, lunchtime supervisors, out of school facilities, caretaker etc, can receive this potentially lifesaving information. The e-learning can be completed when convenient, at individuals’ own pace, and can be revisited if not completed in one session.
Schools will be asked to confirm compliance with maintaining an asthma register and that children and young people in school have an asthma/allergy action plan. This is part of the work for schools obtaining asthma friendly status.
Asthma E-learning Module
Anaphylactic E-learning Module
Please note, trainer adrenaline auto injectors (AAI) can be obtained from the following websites:
www.jext.co.uk
www.epipen.co.uk
Provided by: JAMES
District-wide
The Young Person’s IDVA helps and provides person centred support to children and young people who have witnessed or suffered domestic abuse. They offer age-appropriate domestic abuse awareness and safety planning to incorporate the vastly different risks posed to children and young people in today’s multi-media society. This can be one to one phone support, face to face support, small groups of support to children in school or activities away from school.
For more information contact IDVA@jamesuk.org
Tel: 07973101834
Secondary Schools only
(free)
Creating Active Schools is a research based whole school behaviour change approach to increasing and improving physical activity in schools.
The CAS Framework supports schools to embed physical activity in policies, systems, behaviours and environments.
CAS Profile Toolkit – Provide a summary overview of the current practice and provision of a school in relation to physical activity.
For further information on how your school can get involved please email us directly at schools@mylivingwell.co.uk.
Phoenix/BLAGY
Yorkshire MESMAC
LGBT+ youth groups are a great place to meet and socialise with other young people in a safe environment. Yorkshire MESMAC LGBT+ groups can:
- Talk in confidence about sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual health, as well as issues such as homophobic bullying and hate crime.
- Provide information and free safer sex resources (such as condoms and lube).
- Signpost to other appropriate services if necessary.
Follow the link below to find out more and sign up.
Secondary Schools only
(Free)
Bradford Encouraging Exercise in People (BEEP) is a free physical activity referral service that encourages people who are inactive, to become more active.
A 52-week bespoke exercise training programme which is created specifically for an individuals’ needs and goals.
How to access the service: GP or Healthcare Professional referral.
Find more information by visiting the website below.
NHS
Dr Katherine Hickman, respiratory specialist and lead GP for asthma in children and young people in Bradford outlines what the Asthma Friendly Schools Initiative is, and how it will help your school feel confident supporting all pupils with asthma during their day to day lives and in the event of an asthma crisis.
(Free)