Worth-it

08/10/2026

Ever wondered what it's actually like to train as an adolescent wellbeing coach? 🎥

Watch this video to see a sneak peek behind the scenes of our Worth-it Adolescent Wellbeing Coach Training and see the live workshops, coaching practice and tools our trainee coaches use with young people.

Over 150 practitioners have now trained with us as adolescent wellbeing coaches, including teachers, pastoral leads, youth workers and independent coaches. All of them want the same thing: to reach young people with targeted support before difficulties escalate.

We believe that support should be delivered professionally, ethically and safely. That's why our training is a recognised accreditation pathway, not a one-off course.

🎓 Step 1: Trained Adolescent Wellbeing Coach
Our course is an Accredited Award in Coach Training with the Association for Coaching, and recognised by the ACCPH as Level 3 equivalent. You join the AC as a student member from enrolment and complete supervised coaching practice with young people.

🏅 Step 2: Certified Adolescent Wellbeing Coach
Continue to Foundation Coach accreditation with the Association for Coaching through our accelerated route, with group supervision, reflective practice and further coaching experience.

📚 Step 3: Ongoing professional development
Validated CPD, regular supervision and a supportive community of specialist coaches, so your practice keeps growing.

Every coach works to the AC Global Code of Ethics, with clear safeguarding boundaries and a focus on measuring impact. It's how schools, colleges and families can trust that the young people they care about are in safe hands.

⏰ Early bird offer: apply before 11th October and save £200.
👉 https://www.worthit.org.uk/programmes/coach-training

07/10/2026

🌟 We've now trained over 150 coaches across youth work, pastoral care, SEND support, education, and beyond, equipping them to become specialist Adolescent Wellbeing Coaches!

Here's what our coaches tell us the training has helped them do:

✅ Move from "rescuer" mode to empowering young people to find their own solutions
✅ Build real confidence sitting with silence, rather than rushing to fill it
✅ Use strengths-based language that helps young people see their own potential
✅ Apply positive psychology tools, that include hope, resilience, and positive emotions to support independent decision-making
✅ Develop the professional boundaries needed to manage expectations and protect wellbeing
✅ Feel equipped to take on new responsibilities, from leading group coaching programmes to being appointed as a dedicated Youth Life Coach in their school

One of our coaches told us: "I feel a lot more confident and trusted now when I arrange 1:1 meetings with young people... the strategies I have been using have helped all my young people."

Another said the training "opened my eyes to how important it is for a young person to have access to a coach to help their wellbeing."

💛 If you work in youth work, pastoral support, SEND, youth offending, social services, nursing, higher education, or further education, our accredited Adolescent Wellbeing Coach Training will give you the skills and confidence to support even more young people, using evidence-based positive psychology tools made practical for real-world settings.

🎉 Enrolment is open now, and if you join this week you'll save £200 with our Early Bird offer, ending 11th October!

👉 https://short.do/rhbzxU

05/10/2026

📣 Autumn Adolescent Wellbeing Coach Training: 12 places, 2 already taken

Applications are now open for our next Adolescent Wellbeing Coach Training course, led by Liz Robson MAPPCP CFACCPH.

With only 12 places on this cohort, trainees get to work closely with Liz and receive personal support throughout. Two places have already been taken, which leaves 10.

If you've been thinking about training as a coach, now is the best time to apply. Our early bird offer is open until Sunday 11th October, and you'll save £200 when you join.

This course will help you to:
✅ Offer targeted support to young people in your school or setting
✅ Build your skills using evidence-based positive psychology coaching
✅ Work towards professional accreditation with the Association for Coaching

👉 Find out more and apply: https://www.worthit.org.uk/programmes/coach-training

30/09/2026

Under the new SEND reforms, schools are being asked to catch and support pupils earlier, without always waiting on external referrals. One of the most practical ways to build that capacity in-house? Training your own staff in adolescent wellbeing coaching.

We've put together a FREE Introduction to Coaching Young People training bundle to show you exactly how it works:

✅ A short mini-course on what coaching is and how it supports young people
✅ A workshop on how adolescent wellbeing coaching fits into targeted support under SEND reform
✅ A real case study from a school leader who trained as a coach and has seen the impact firsthand

👉 Access for free here: https://short.do/rhbzxU

⏰ Heads up: from 5-11 October only, we're offering £200 off our Adolescent Wellbeing Coach training. One week only, so if you've been thinking about training with us, now's the time.

14/09/2026

Thinking about Wellbeing Ambassadors this year?
September is THE month to start.

Here's why: a great peer support programme needs a little run-up - time to recruit your young people, train them, and let them settle into the role before the busy term really kicks in.

And it's so worth it. Trained ambassadors do incredible things - welcoming new Year 7s, running lunch clubs for anyone feeling lonely, leading whole mental health weeks. It's belonging, built by the students themselves.

Fancy setting yours up properly? Check out our Live Webinar tomorrow which covers peer support in primary schools, how to build confidence and promotes a culture of belonging, wellbeing and inclusion, all really important parts of your Ofsted Inclusion Strategy.
It’s an hour, 3.30pm - 4.30pm (tomorrow) Tuesday 15th September.
To sign up - check the link in the comments
If you can’t make it - register for a recorded version.

11/09/2026

Big news for anyone who's ever said "but belonging matters" and struggled to prove it.

The government's new schools white paper says schools will be expected to keep an eye on pupils' sense of belonging and engagement. In other words - the culture work you pour your heart into is about to count as evidence.

That's brilliant if you're already building belonging through coaching and peer support. It's exactly the kind of thing that shows up in the new Ofsted framework too.

Want to plan yours properly? Our free tool is a great starting point, link’s in the comments

09/09/2026

Working out how to spend your Inclusion Funding wisely?

Here's one that punches well above its weight.
Our Wellbeing Ambassadors programme ticks a lot of boxes at once: it's evidence-based, it builds belonging (one of the DfE's seven principles), and it's brilliant value - you train your young people once, and they support their peers across the whole school all year.

It's also easy to evidence your inclusion strategy: a named team, clear skills, real activity, visible outcomes.

Big impact, smart spend.
Take a look at our new, free resource The Peer Support Info Pack.
Link's in the comments.

Download our structured peer support pack to help evidence your belonging, inclusion, and pupil voice to Ofsted expectations | Wellbeing Ambassadors

07/09/2026

Here's a lovely truth about belonging in primary schools: often, the people who change it most are the pupils.

A Wellbeing Ambassadors programme trains children to support their peers - welcoming new starters, running lunch clubs for anyone feeling lonely, leading mental health weeks, and noticing the friend who's struggling before anyone else does.

It's one of the most powerful things a school can invest in, because belonging gets built by the pupils themselves, every single day.

We’re running a Live Webinar which covers peer support in primary schools, how to build confidence and promotes a culture of belonging, wellbeing and inclusion, all really important parts of your Ofsted Inclusion Strategy.

It’s an hour, 3.30pm - 4.30pm on Tuesday 15th September.
To sign up - https://short.do/hb-7zd

This CPD workshop covers the benefits of how wellbeing ambassadors can help children's mental health and wellbeing in primary schools and settings

04/09/2026

Got your Inclusive Mainstream Funding and not quite sure where to point it?

You're not alone.

The temptation is to spend first and sort the strategy later. But the smart move (and the one the DfE actually asks for) is the other way round: start with the barriers your pupils face, then fund a few things you can do really well.

Our free planning tool makes that first step easy - six questions, five minutes, and a personalised checklist to take away.
Five minutes now, a much calmer autumn later. Follow link https://short.do/N_QU1N .

01/09/2026

Welcome back! Before the term runs away with you, two dates for the top of your list.

One's already here: Ofsted's new framework has been live since 10 November. No more single grade - it's a report card now, and Inclusion has its own score. The other's coming: 31 December, when every school's inclusion strategy has to be published.
The good news? They're really one job. Do the thinking now, while it's (relatively!) calm, and both feel a lot less scary.

Our free 5-minute tool is a lovely place to start - it begins with the barriers your pupils actually face. Have a go, link below.