No Images? Click here Better life skills, better resultsDear Reader, Great news.....we've beaten our £400k funding target and raised £540k in our first investment round!! Thank you for all your support in getting there. We look forward to enhancing our services, expanding our team and developing our marketing. There's a lot of hard work still to do and we're looking forward to it. We've also pulled together an impact report below on the last year of Life Skills Courses. The Role Models team; Hugo, Louise, Sophie, Emily, Kate, Francesca and Alexandra
EDUCATION IN THE NEWS Prince Charles' school to run lessons in listening and empathy Gordonstoun is running lessons in "empathy and understanding" to teach children how to perfect the "art of dialogue". Girls school runs stand up comedy classes for pupilsThis is hoped to give the girls the courage to ask for pay rises, and other things that they deserve, throughout their futures.
HAPPY HIGHLIGHTS A scientific study finds being kind makes up happierBeing kind and helpful can make us happier, give us a sense of purpose and meaning, and even lower our blood pressure. According to a new study, even people who have committed crimes feel good when they give to others.Young woman spends her commute crocheting to spread happiness A woman who crochets flowers and leaves them in public places with positive messages attached said she does it to make the world a more positive and happy place. THE MOTHERHOOD CONFERENCE Just last week Louise Treherne, our Head of Character Education, took part in a panel event hosted by The Book People and The Motherhood on children's feelings. Louise was joined by Hollie De Cruz (The Yes Mum) and Dr.Sonya Khan (Clinical Psychologist) to discuss how reading and writing can help to get children talking and also how powerful stories can be in helping children develop empathy and grow their emotional literacy. At Role Models we have seen this first hand and is the reason why our 'Brilliant Me' courses for 6-7 year olds are delivered through story telling. CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION We have had the wonderful opportunity to increase our team by two! We are very happy to have Kate Aasa join us as our Marketing Manager and Mayan Hattab to join us as our Community Support Manager in the Middle East. Both of these roles will help us to improve our reach, both here in the UK as well as abroad, and we are so excited to welcome Kate and Mayan into our family and see what they can bring to the business! Kata Aasa Mayan Hattab OUR IMPACT OVER THE PAST YEAR On all of our courses we collect data from the children, and parents, to help us improve them. We've had some fantastic testimonials and incredible results, we are SO pleased! Click the button below to see our 1-page summary of all of the results. Thanks to you, we are helping thousands of children worldwide become more confident individuals. |