Not Fine In School & team SQUARE PEG

Square Peg has been set up to effect change for children with school attendance difficulties and their families. Its aim is to connect relevant professionals and policy makers and focus on three core areas of change: legislation, research and guidance. The end goal is consistent guidance, based on proven, effective best practice that works for schools, children and families. 

Attendance and attainment cannot be at the expense of a child’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Founder: Janet Willicott - FRSPH FBII ACIEH MEHBEA MBESA MBHRC

An Independent Educational and Public Health Advocate & Legal Representative for SEND, Parliamentary Adviser, Expert Witness, Speaker, PhD Student, LDE Academic and Neuro-plasticity Researcher for her Foundation called SETD 5.

Consultancy in SEND Education, Public, Educational and Human Rights Law, and ALL Public Health Principles. Advocating and Supporting all those with a diagnosed or undiagnosed Disability, Need or Difficulty, to include Mental and Emotional Health and Well-being. Assisting Professionals, Courts, Governments, Organisations, Charities, Rare Disease Groups, Young People, Children and Parents.  [Educational & Public Health Research Consultancy Services, Dispute Resolution & Mediation. [Expert Witness] NHS Research].  Normal Like Me is an organisation, Researching, Advising, Advocating and Supporting, those who have been diagnosed with a disability using the holistic, “beyond the norm” methodology. 

Fiightback originated as a small secret group about seven years ago after a numbers of us were accused. We found each other and supported each other. We found other groups that supported us and we slowly grew in number.

After the Royal college of nursing published the fii masterclass slides a small number of accused and non accused mums saw the need to expand the group and start campaigning against the flood of accusations that were coming in and fiightback was born June 2017. 

We try our best to support, guild, find expert lawyers, advocates, organise press, lobby, build networks, build evidence of what’s happening and come up with ideas to change the situation. We aren’t perfect but we try. We will try our best to be there for you. We won’t judge you.

PACT is a Suffolk-wide support group for parents and carers who are supporting children and young people with emotional and mental health issues whether diagnosed or otherwise. We organize regular meetups across the county and are a group of friendly and experienced parents who offer support, education, training, help and advice on many areas around children's mental health. 

We find we all share similar experiences, and are a non-judgemental group that recognize the need for supporting one another, usually over a coffee!

We also offer 1-1 help and support (by email, text, phone and social media), training sessions and workshops for parents, guest speakers have also included Healthwatch Suffolk & Suffolk Constabulary.

TEAM DANIEL's Problem Shared campaign is calling for every school to have a counsellor, so that every pupil has somebody to talk to if they’re struggling.

NFIS group member, Emma started the campaign after her son Daniel took his own life - she explains:

Daniel was 15 years old and due to sit his mock GCSEs in May/June 2017, he’d sat a few mocks but I could see the changes in his behaviour and he became obsessed with revision because he thought he wouldn’t be able to remember everything.

One day when I came in from work I found him rocking at the kitchen table just staring at the wall and I told him he had to stop… this was a week before he took his own life… he had a mock exam on the Monday and he took his life Sunday afternoon whilst I was downstairs. Ever since I have been campaigning and meeting MPs etc and I’m slowly getting somewhere and people are listening

This is the petition link:

https://planetradio.co.uk/aire/local/news/problem-shared-sign-petition/

This is the Campaign call:

https://planetradio.co.uk/aire/local/news/radio-aire-backs-call-counsellor-every-school/

Please sign the petition and support Emma’s campaign.

Home Education UK is the oldest website supporting elective home educators in the UK. The website carries information on many aspects of home education, and related issues, including an excellent FAQ as an introduction to the subject for those first considering home educating their child. 

A forum page features details of hundreds of forums where you can find local or specialised support as well as HE UK's own national forums, both FB based and email based, where you will find thousands of experienced home educators, many of whom are willing to share their experiences and collective wisdom. 

Personalised Education Now (PEN) is the trading name for The Centre for Personalised Education Trust (CPE), a charitable company, limited by guarantee (Charity number: 1057442. Company Number 03231165).

We engage in…

• Generating ideas, analysis and critique and envisioning the personalised educational landscape.
• Supporting practitioners, individuals, groups, families and organizations developing the personalised agendas and educational alternatives.
• Bringing members and groups together at learning exchanges and national conferences
• Publishing newsletters, journals and books
• Developing a comprehensive integrated website, blog and archive
• Undertaking trusted and respected book reviews
• Research
• Networking with other groups and projects
• Influencing the national and international debate on the future of education, schooling and learning
• Influencing the research agendas
• The Centre’s activities enhance the training and employment possibilities of young people and adults.

The Centre for Personalised Education emerged in 1995 from a longer history dating back to 1988 with Education Now and various groups that grew from the same roots with overlapping memberships and networks. Alongside these the Education Now Publishing Co-operative and Educational Heretics Press provided a core platform for our thinking.