BACP welcomes PM speech on mental health and shared society News Published 9 Jan 2017 BACP is pleased to see Theresa May’s announcement about mental health and our shared society earlier today, following the commitment she made in her first speech as Prime Minister to improving mental health and wellbeing across the UK.
Back our call for emergency school counselling fund News Published 16 Mar 2021 Sign our petition calling for an emergency resilience fund to pay for vital counselling provision now
Schools mental health trial ‘does not go far enough’ News Published 4 Feb 2019 BACP believes a project announced by the government today is a ‘missed opportunity’ by failing to include school-based counselling.
School counselling in England campaign News Published 21 Aug 2023 We believe that a paid counsellor should be available in every secondary school, academy and FE college in England.
New study highlights benefits of school counsellors and MHSTs News Published 16 Jan 2023 We welcome Barnardo's report and urge the Government to act on its findings
Counsellors help raise barriers to learning News Published 15 Feb 2019 A primary school head teacher explains how and why counselling has been so important to pupils
Children’s Commissioner’s report looks at critical issues relating to school counselling News Published 30 Jan 2020 Read our response to Anne Longfield’s third annual children’s mental health briefing
Campaign success as counselling support programme extended News Published 7 Jul 2022 We welcome additional funding for Northern Ireland's Healthy Happy Minds programme
BACP welcomes Children’s Commissioner for England’s call for counsellor in every school News Published 22 Nov 2018 We agree with Anne Longfield that school counsellors should be part of the NHS’s 10-year plan
A counsellor in every school: This is the impact it has made in Wales News Published 25 Nov 2019 Watch our members in Wales talk about how statutory provision of school-based counselling has benefited young people