Nurturing resilience through nature

Each course runs one day a week for five weeks , allowing time for meaningful reflection, growth, and skill development.

Sessions are delivered in small, supportive groups of up to six children, ensuring every participant receives individual attention and the chance to build strong, trusting relationships with both peers and facilitators.

This small-group approach creates a safe and nurturing space where children can share experiences, practise new strategies, and make genuine progress in confidence, resilience, and readiness to learn.

Accessible, affordable and impactful

There are no referral criteria — schools choose which children and families they feel will benefit most. Each course supports small groups in a safe, supportive environment.

The programme is partially funded through charitable support:

• Schools currently pay £995 of the total cost, with the remainder subsidised by grants and donations. This covers a group of 6 children.

• Additional children cost £200 each, maximum of 8 children per course.

• There is a maximum of 2 school adults included in each course fee.

• Additional school adults are charged at £100 each per course.

• We are actively seeking commissioning and funding partners to keep costs low and ensure access for all, as the actual running cost of each course costs the charity £3500.

For larger staff teams, we also offer:

• Whole Staff TRUST Training — a one-day introduction (£1,500, up to 30 staff)

• 3 x 2-hour training series on relational practice, safe learning environments, and trauma-informed approaches (£1,200, up to 30 staff).

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Group provision inside The Old Grammar School and outside in the grounds of the beautiful Courteenhall Estate, Northampton, with measurable impact. The children take part in fun activities whilst they work on the 5 key elements of TRUST.

Children are assessed continuously as well as formally at the beginning and end using the headings that are applied in the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman,1997).

From September 2022,  schools identified areas that they considered important in the current climate.

Children attend the nature-based provision at Courteenhall Estate, one day a week for a minimum of 5 weeks (by arrangement). Every day the children will take part in a walk and talk, and a yoga session with an accredited provider for 45 minutes. Other activities may include elements from Theraplay, Drawing and Talking and 123 Magic.

We stay abreast of current, approved research from the fields of psychology and education and particularly educational neuroscience.

Children are taught strategies to support appropriate emotional regulation.

The children have experiences in:

• Den building, pond-dipping, slack-line, fire, drawing, crafts, whittling, feeding animals, gardening, cooking, bug hunting and more.

Schools and New leaf teachers work together to select balanced groups according to the each child’s individual needs and the needs of the group.

There are no referral critera.

Places are allocated through referrals from schools, local authorities, and community organisations who identify children that would benefit from additional wellbeing and learning support.

To apply, you must be a school or a referrer and complete our initial discussion form.

Once the child is accepted, we work closely with schools and families to ensure each child is placed in the most suitable group and receives the tailored support they need to thrive.