Every setting wants children to thrive. Most know where the challenges are. The difficulty isn’t recognising what needs to change – it’s finding the time, capacity and support to turn that understanding into everyday practice.

As a social enterprise, the Child Therapy Service reinvests its income to improve outcomes for children and young people. One way we do this is by funding implementation projects that help settings embed effective practice while building the evidence for early intervention.

Over the years, we kept seeing the same pattern: committed adults, clear priorities and a genuine desire to improve outcomes, but no simple framework that connected training, implementation and impact measurement.

That’s why, this year, we created The BOUNCE Approach® Projects – a structured six-week implementation model that helps settings turn understanding into action, and action into measurable impact.

Every BOUNCE Approach® Project follows the same proven implementation model, designed to help settings embed meaningful change within one school half term.

Together, we’ll:

• Identify a clear area of need.
• Access funded BOUNCE Approach® training and practical resources.
• Embed practical strategies into everyday practice.
• Measure early change using our 2-minute BOUNCE Snapshot process.
• Share anonymous impact data that contributes to a growing evidence base for early intervention.

Everything is designed to work together. Training, practical resources and the Snapshot process are fully connected, giving your team a clear framework for implementation and a simple way to evidence the difference you’re making.

We welcome applications from:

• Early years settings
• Schools
• Colleges and post-16 providers
• Charities
• Community organisations

Whether you’re supporting one child, a targeted group or embedding change across your whole setting, we’d love to hear from you.

Where applications exceed the number of funded places available, projects will be selected based on readiness, potential impact and how well the project aligns with our annual priorities.

As a social enterprise, every funded project helps us learn, improve and reach more children, families and professionals. Each project has contributed to the development of The BOUNCE Approach® and the resources available today.

We’ve deliberately designed every BOUNCE Approach® Project to fit within one school half term.

Six weeks provides enough time to embed practical strategies, build staff confidence and measure meaningful early change, while remaining achievable for busy settings.

The funded project lasts six weeks.

The learning, confidence and practical resources remain with your setting long after the project has finished.

Every BOUNCE Approach® Funded Project helps one setting improve outcomes.

Together, they help us build something much bigger – a growing evidence base that supports earlier identification, better-informed practice and improved outcomes for children and young people.

As a social enterprise, every project we deliver helps us improve the next one. The learning gained is reinvested into new resources, better training and future funded projects, extending support to more children, families and professionals.

If your setting is ready to turn understanding into action, we’d love to hear from you.

Complete the Expression of Interest form below to apply for one of our funded 2026–27 project cohorts.

Applications are reviewed on a cohort basis. If your setting is selected, we’ll invite your Project Lead to a Welcome Session before the project begins.