Meet the Mentors: Ben McDermott
This is a brand new monthly blog series where we spotlight one of our brilliant Health Mentors
The Worrying State of Children’s Wellbeing
How Evolve Health Mentors are supporting the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children Children’s wellbeing has increasingly become a topic of discussion across the UK, and for good reason. The Good Childhood Report published by The Children’s Society concluded that there has been a decline in children’s wellbeing and happiness, with 10% of children aged 10 […]
Reframing Neurodiversity: How Schools can Support the Needs of Every Child
The needs of neurodivergent children are not being met in mainstream schools due to a wider social problem of how we perceive neurodivergence.
Sunday Lie-Ins Found to be Detrimental to Learning
How Evolve’s Health Mentoring Programme contributes to improved sleep We all know the importance of restful sleep. But did you know that a Sunday morning lie-in can have a negative impact on children’s start to the week? Today, children are getting less sleep than a decade ago, which can lead to inattentiveness and higher levels […]
Let Children Play
Charities are calling out for children to have more time outdoors as The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warns of a health crisis among young people.
People and Planet First
Evolve is officially verified with People and Planet First.
Parents and the Pandemic: A Crisis in School Attendance
In the wake of a concerning crisis in school attendance, the urgent need for strategic interventions has become more apparent than ever. Students eligible for free school meals are three times more likely to face severe absences.
Making prevention a trusted option
Mental health illnesses start young through trauma and life experiences and can last a lifetime. Yet so can positive traits, self-care and strengths. We spend a lot of time chasing solutions for things that have happened and very little time on what might happen. Our social strategy is to correct when we see the problem. […]
School Budgets – What Evolve Can Contribute.
According to an article in The Conversation (Schools in England are facing bankruptcy – here’s what the government could do to help (theconversation.com), it will take less than two years for inflation to eat the cash reserves of all our secondary schools. An inflation rate of 8.8% is a large part of the problem (Consumer price […]
Looking at impact differently has led to a New Social Finance Model
Across the various Evolve programmes there is a constant focus on impact. This year sees the implementation of an improved customer service and quality management system. Fortunately, the actual process is more imaginative than our naming, as internally we refer to it all as the Quality Management System, or QMS. We are constantly working to […]
