Children's Mental Health Week theme
We've announced the theme for this year's Children's Mental Health Week: This is My Place
Learn about the theme
Free mental health training
Deepen your understanding of mental health with our free, online course.
Mental health training
Become a child counsellor
Learn how you can train to become a qualified child counsellor with Place2Be.
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Carol Concert
Buy your tickets and join us on Thursday 4 December 2025 for our annual Carol Concert!
Get your ticketsWe provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. In addition, we also offer expert training and professional qualifications.
The official theme is 'This is My Place' and our aim is to support the systems around children and young people to help them feel they belong. Read more about the theme on the Children's Mental Health Week website.
Learn about the theme
Learn about the opportunity to become a Place2Be partner schools and the range of mental health support services we offer.
Read about our services in schools
Join us on Thursday 4 December 2025 for our annual Carol Concert - the charity’s largest and longest-running fundraising event.
Find out about our Carol Concert
children and young people have a probable mental health condition, and many continue to have these problems into adulthood
of children and young people with lifetime mental health problems first experience symptoms by the age of 14
boys aged 5-19 with a mental health condition are suspended in some form from school
Find out about the difference we make in schools across the UK from our stories, research and evidence.
Learn about our impact
Our in-school mental health service supports the wellbeing of pupils, families and staff.
Our mental health support in schools
Gain experience and skills with our child counselling training and placements.
Look at our counselling qualifications
We provide mental health services in schools that contribute to a whole-school approach to mental health.
Our services in schoolsIn the last school year
pupils booked their own appointments to speak to our mental health professional
of 11-18 year olds had improved mental health after Place2Be's one-to-one counselling
were supported through 1:1 counselling in the last year
Read about our mission to improve children and young people's mental health and our approach to achieving this.
Learn about our workHear directly from children and young people, parents, Head Teachers, and staff about how Place2Be helps.
You can become a Place2Be partner school and get access to a range of mental health support services, including in-school support, expert training, and resources.
Become a partner school
Fundraise for us, your way! Whether you're fundraising by yourself, with your school or university, or in your workplace, you can raise money for children and young people's mental health.
Fundraise for us
From walks and cycles, to runs in cities and trekking up mountains, you can find an event for you.
Find an event for you
Learn more about how your organisation can partner with Place2Be and support children and young people across the UK.
Partner with usWhether providing counselling and support to children when they need it most, working with parents who may be struggling, or providing invaluable mental health training to teachers and school staff – every single donation will help to make a tangible difference right now to the lives of children and young people.
Place2Be's counselling service in primary schools has the potential to return £8 to society by improving the long-term outcomes for each child. Read our report to find out more.
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