May 28, 2020

In this episode we’re returning to the Recovery Curriculum.

We’re joined by Matthew Carpenter and Barry Carpenter OBE, CBE (Professor of Mental Health in Education at Oxford Brookes University), co-authors of the original Recovery Curriculum Think Piece.

In a conversation that was recorded on 1st May 2020, Barry...

May 21, 2020

Kindness is the theme for Mental health Awareness week (May 2020)

What do we mean by kindness?

This question deserves an answer at this time of crisis. We have witnessed some incredible acts of kindness in our communities and in Society as a whole.

Surely now is the time to re-evaluate what kindness can give to our own...

May 7, 2020

Barry Carpenter, OBE, CBE (Professor of Mental Health in Education, Oxford Brookes University) and Matthew Carpenter (Principal at Baxter College, UK) have written a think piece that reflects concerns about the emotional well being of children post the Covid-19 pandemic, and considers what schools might do to...