Teacher Retention Crisis: Health Mentors to the Rescue
Teacher retention is in crisis due to increased workload, but Health Mentors could be the solution.
Addressing the Recovery of Children’s Social Skills
As teachers across the country report that children are far less emotionally developed than expected for their age, over 67% of teachers have observed a decline in pupils’ behaviour since the pandemic. With this in mind, an increasing number of schools are now working in partnership with Evolve to support their recovery plans. Multiple nationwide […]
Meet the Mentors: Helen Ikumelo
Meet Helen Ikumelo. After graduating with a degree in psychology, Helen wanted to be in a position to help young vulnerable children. She has since become an invaluable Health Mentor
Addressing Year 7 Social and Emotional Needs
There has never been a greater time for an effective start to secondary school for Year 7 pupils.
Meet the Mentors: Jeevan Chagger
Meet Jeevan Chagger. From apprentice to Senior Health Mentor and Training Programme Lead, we celebrate his many achievements to date with Evolve.
Breaking Sedentary Habits: How Evolve is Improving Children’s Physical Activity Levels
The 2022/23 Active Lives Children and Young People survey reported that only 47% of children are meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines, of 60 minutes or more exercise per day. The implications of low physical activity levels for children can be severe and long-lasting. The most apparent effect is on children’s physical health, […]
From Training to Impact: The Unrealised Potential of Health Mentoring
In a time when effective support and intervention are essential, research sheds light on the significant impact mentors can have in wellbeing support.
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.
