The Place2Be

PEF Contribution

PEF is helping The Place2Be to grow in order to support an additional 7,000 children in North-West England.
PEF is also helping them appoint a Head of Fundraising to enable further growth and ensures

Introducing the charity

The Place2Be works inside schools to improve the emotional wellbeing of children, their families and the whole school community. The help given to primary school children and their parents tackle problems early and improve the children's self esteem and coping skills.

The Place2Be helps children who have worries on their mind and who can't take on learning, or form healthy relationships, who come to school and sometimes display angry behaviour, or withdrawn children who have experienced a breakdown in the family life, or bereavement.

With the funding from PEF they are working towards their 10-year strategy to support 150,000 children a year in 250 schools by 2017.

Changing Lives

The Office of National Statistics says that 10% of five-to-15-year-olds have a diagnosed mental-health problem, while 80% of children who show behavioural problems at five go on to develop more anti-social behaviour. Over 90% of young offenders have had a mental-health problem as a child.

For parents like Zaria-Suleiman, The Place2Be has been a lifeline, and says without exaggeration, and a great deal of gratitude. "It gave me my son back. What price can you put on that? Money cannot qualify what I have back. This thing needs more funds, it's a good investment. Every child that goes to Place2Be and gets the counselling they need is one less gangster, drug user, whatever, on the street."