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Welcome to Barnardo’s Education Community

Barnardo’s Education Community is a platform for education staff across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, providing a range of free resources, training, and support.

Barnardo’s Education Community (BEC) was launched in January 2021 as part of our mental health support services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic with a focus on loss, grief, bereavement, and trauma.

Our scope since becoming Zurich Community Trust’s new National Mental Health Partner in July 2022 has widened enabling us to support mental health and wellbeing in general. We can now also offer additional targeted support to educational establishments.

The aim of BEC is to improve the mental health of babies, children and young people by providing staff working in education with the knowledge, understanding and tools to support them.

BEC provides a range of resources, training, and support:

Staff Wellbeing

Staff Wellbeing

The importance of staff wellbeing is central to BEC’s offer and underpins our approach.

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Training and CPD

Training and CPD

BEC offers a range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for staff in schools and education settings around mental health and wellbeing. With short CPD and longer courses available, we hope you'll find a course to suit your training needs.

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Resources

Resources

A range of trauma-informed tools and materials to support your work with children and young people around mental health and wellbeing.

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Barnardo’s MHWB Support

Barnardo’s MHWB Support

Barnardo’s provides a wide range of mental health and wellbeing support in schools across the UK.

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Targeted Support

Targeted Support

Alongside our wider mental health offer, BEC are now able to offer additional targeted support to educational establishments.

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Learn More

Learn More

We are a small multi-disciplinary team with considerable experience in education, psychotherapy, and early intervention supporting babies, children and young people across a range of settings and age ranges (from Early Years to University).

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Testimonials

Testimonials

Read about how our colleagues in education have found the BEC resources, training and support.

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Our Approach and Strategy

Our Approach and Strategy

We focus on early intervention and prevention through building connections between colleagues working in education across the 4 nations.

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BEC Steering Group

BEC Steering Group

The Steering Group provides critical and relevant insights, reflections, and feedback on the BEC platform.

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