We have big ambitions for Actually Education in terms of what we want to achieve and the information below will give you a flavour of our underlying approach and ultimate aims.
Key to achieving our ambitions will be the involvement of our communities in helping to shape and develop our resources through co-production. This process will start with ‘listening circles’ to identify the gaps in current resources our communities need and would benefit from.
Living and breathing our values will help enable our vision
The unseen will be seen, strengths will be recognised, differences and diversity will be celebrated, and aspirations will be enabled because every child actually matters.
Overarching Themes
The social model of disability
We will develop resources to raise awareness in all our communities about different mental health and neurodivergent conditions using the social model of disability.
Targeted resources
We will develop resources that are appropriate for each of our intended communities and for the different age ranges of children and young people.
Our Communities
Children and Young People
- Have fun finding out about all the different ways of thinking and doing things.
- Understand yourself and your friends and why you might think and act differently.
- Discover and celebrate your strengths and differences.
Parents and Carers
- Discover what behaviours you might see that could indicate mental health or neurodivergent conditions.
- Find out what support is out there and how to access it.
- Try out our quick win strategies to help remove barriers and play to strengths.
- Share and receive tips and best practices.
Educators
- Discover how mental health and neurodivergent conditions might impact children and young people in your education setting.
- Try our quick win strategies to help remove barriers and play to strengths.
- Share and receive tips and best practices
Other Professionals
- Gain insight into different mental health and neurodivergent conditions and how these might present.
- Discover the benefits of the social model of disability and the positive impact that approach can bring.
- Share and receive tips and best practices.
For Actually Education, all donations help us to conduct more sessions, more research, create helpful resources, articles and advice and a whole lot more! We are a registered Community Interest Company (CIC), our official registration can be found here. Donating is easy and can be done via Paypal using the button below, thanks for any donations that can be offered!