#Beewell is expanding with grant from The National Lottery Community Fund
#BeeWell is a youth-centred programme, developed in response to a growing concern for the wellbeing of young people in England and was founded by The University of Manchester, The Gregson Family Foundation, and Anna Freud, who together with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) launched the programme in 2019.
Using a co-created survey, #BeeWell listens to the voices of as many young people as possible; publishes the results privately to schools and publicly by neighbourhood; and aims to drive action across society to improve young people’s wellbeing.
Since 2021 #BeeWell has listened to the voices of nearly 200,000 young people and worked with over 320 secondary schools, 15 local authorities and over 160 partners to drive improvements in young people’s wellbeing - #BeeWell’s goal is to expand its reach with the aim to double the number of young people the programme reaches.
Thousands more young people across England could soon have a stronger voice in shaping their wellbeing support thanks to a £5.5 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to #BeeWell.
The partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund will last until spring 2030, enabling #BeeWell to expand into up to five new locations across England. The grant will also support #BeeWell to continue its work supporting young people in its current locations and build on its ground-breaking research to understand more about essential topics such as how social media use, school attendance and discipline, teenage substance use, loneliness, and the positive impact of arts, culture, entertainment and sport are related to young people’s wellbeing and its drivers.
The University of Manchester provide more detail about this in their blog:
Expression of interest
As part of this #BeeWell are seeking its first new partner location for the next phase of growth. If you’d like up to £100,000, expert backing and a proven approach to transforming support for young people across your local authority or mayoral combined authority – you can express your interest here.
CORC will be providing free school support in Year 1, helping schools embed and use the findings effectively.
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