Concern over rising number of young people with eating disorders News Published 1 Aug 2023 Children’s Commissioner analysis shows increase in demand for services and rising waiting times
Commons committee chair backs school counselling campaign News Published 24 Mar 2021 We've welcomed comments from Robert Halfon MP calling for a counsellor in every school
MHST plans must include access to funded school counselling News Published 8 Mar 2023 Our Children, Young People and Families Lead responds to new report with renewed call for school counselling
Campaign Trail Journals Published 25 Apr 2023 ‘People who are stuck on waiting lists or unable to access care need urgent action, not more delays and empty promises’. Regular column from Matthew Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2023
School counselling reduces demand on mental health services News Published 6 Aug 2024 Welsh Government review says counselling in schools reduces pressure on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Letter to Secretary of State for Education calls for steps to reduce school absences News Published 17 Sep 2024 We support call for better access to counselling in schools to help reduce absenteeism
Counselling helps TV pundit cope with friend’s collapse News Published 5 Nov 2018 Robbie Savage says he has re-evaluated his life after Glenn Hoddle was taken ill
Back our call for emergency school counselling fund News Published 16 Mar 2021 Sign our petition calling for an emergency resilience fund to pay for vital counselling provision now
New Children’s Commissioner 'keeping school counselling agenda alive' News Published 10 Mar 2021 We agree with Dame Rachel de Souza that school children should have access to a counsellor
Campaign trail: Positive impact Journals Published 22 Jan 2021 'Â鶹Դ´ has been invited to sit on a number of working groups.' Regular column from Matt Smith-Lilley. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2021