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Child Therapy Service is a UK social enterprise supporting children’s social and emotional wellbeing.

We help families, professionals, and settings respond earlier through the BOUNCE Approach®, our neurodevelopmental framework for understanding what’s beneath behaviour.

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Funded Projects · 2026–27

Funded ProjectsSix weeks.No cost.

Child Therapy Service helps schools and professionals understand and respond to children’s social, emotional and mental health needs, so that children and young people are better able to access education and thrive.

As a social enterprise, we reinvest in funded projects that put this work into practice and widen access to support.

Apply for a funded place How it works

Autumn 2026 applications close 30 September 2026.

Social enterprise

What we earn goes back in

We reinvest part of what we earn into funded projects with schools and settings, helping more children and young people benefit from the BOUNCE Approach and giving settings practical support to put it into practice.

  • No cost to the setting

    Funding removes the cost of taking part, so schools and settings can access the training, tools and support without needing additional budget.

  • Wellbeing before learning

    Safety, regulation and connection shape a child or young person’s ability to engage, learn and take part. Our funded projects help settings respond to these needs earlier and more effectively.

  • Building evidence of impact

    Funded projects help us capture and share the difference BOUNCE makes in real settings, while strengthening the training, tools and resources available to schools, professionals and families.

Every funded project is made possible by income generated through Child Therapy Service.

Who can apply?

Funded projects are open to UK education settings and organisations supporting primary and secondary-aged children and young people.

This includes mainstream and specialist schools, alternative provision, charities, education organisations, local authorities and outreach teams.

You choose the focus: one child or young person, a small group, class, year group or whole setting.

Not sure if BOUNCE is right for your setting? Watch the free introduction before you apply.

Watch the introduction

Approved supplier to local authorities and trusts, including Lancashire, Leeds, South Ayrshire, Hampshire and Bridgend. Read more about Child Therapy Service.

How it works

One half term. Five clear stages.

Choose one focus. Put BOUNCE into practice for six weeks. See what changed.

What we ask from you:one project leadrelevant staff complete the trainingsix weeks of implementationa baseline and reviewbrief feedback at the end

Before the closing date

Join

Complete the short expression of interest and tell us what you would like to focus on.

If you are offered a place, we will confirm the project, key dates and what is involved before you commit.

At the start

Start together

We meet with your project lead to agree one clear focus and starting point.

Your team completes the relevant BOUNCE training and a short baseline Snapshot before the six weeks begin.

You need: a named project lead and time for relevant staff to complete the training.

Try a Snapshot in the demo
The BOUNCE Approach training in the Learning Portal

For six weeks

Put it into practice

Your team uses the agreed BOUNCE strategies in everyday practice with your chosen child, group, class, year group or setting.

We provide the training, tools and resources, so you do not need to create anything from scratch.

Your role: put the approach into practice consistently across the six weeks.

A BOUNCE Learning Journeys session, ready to deliver

At the end of six weeks

See what changed

Repeat the Snapshot and gather brief pupil, staff and family feedback where appropriate.

We bring this together so you can see what changed and what you want to continue.

This is a review of the project, not an inspection of your setting.

A Progress and Review Report showing the before and after picture

After the project

Keep it going

You receive a clear record of the project and its outcomes to keep as evidence of your work.

We use anonymised learning from funded projects to demonstrate impact and strengthen the support we provide to other settings.

You keep your reports, resources and what you have put in place.

A record of the project and what changed
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Everything runs in your Team Leader Dashboard

The project, the evidence and the review stay in one place, in six steps:

  1. Set up
  2. Baseline
  3. Plan
  4. Do
  5. Review
  6. Impact
See the dashboard in the demo

2026–27 cohorts

Funded project cohorts for 2026–27

Places are limited so we can support every setting closely. Both cohorts follow the same five stages.

Applying now

Autumn 2026 cohort

  • Applications close30 September 2026
  • Welcome sessionMid October 2026
  • The projectSix weeks, after the welcome session
Apply for Autumn 2026

Use the same form for either cohort. Sending it is an expression of interest and does not guarantee a funded place. See what our funded projects have changed so far.

What you keep

What your setting keeps. The project ends. The impact stays.

  • Trained staff

    Your team completes funded BOUNCE Approach® training and puts it into practice during the project.

  • Practical resources

    Your setting keeps the tools and resources used during the project, ready to use again.

  • Evidence of impact

    You receive a Project Report and Impact Report showing the focus, what was put in place and what changed.

  • A voice in what comes next

    Your anonymised project findings contribute to our wider evidence base and help shape future BOUNCE training, tools and funded work.

Want to keep going after six weeks?

Team Membership gives staff ongoing access to BOUNCE training, Snapshots, tools, resources and the Team Leader Dashboard.

See Team Membership

Our social impact story

What funded projects have made possible

Since 2021, we have reinvested what we earn into projects that widen access and build skills in settings. What each project teaches us goes straight back into our training, the Learning Portal and the resources everyone uses.

  • 700+people reached in 2021, across workshops, talks, coffee mornings and one-to-one sessions
  • 94parents, carers and professionals supported through compassion fatigue sessions in 2022
  • 80%rise in one-to-one coaching in 2025
  • 1,000sof members across the UK and beyond

2026–27The cohort you can join

The BOUNCE Approach® Projects

Settings across the UK put BOUNCE into practice around one clear priority over a half term and capture the difference it makes.

What we are learning: how BOUNCE works in everyday settings, and what to build next into the training, tools and Learning Portal.

2026Spotting SEMH needs earlier

Leeds Beckett University

A research partnership exploring how emerging SEMH needs can be recognised earlier and how professionals can respond sooner.

What we are learning: how emerging SEMH needs show up earlier, so our training and Snapshots help settings notice them sooner.

The Leeds Beckett University research partnership, 2026

2025Building capacity inside settings

Part-Funded Practitioner Programme

We subsidised Practitioner training so professionals could develop BOUNCE practice within their own settings.

What we learned: what practitioners need to lead this work themselves, which shaped the Practitioner Programme and the CPD Pathway.

2023–24Support families could access

Funded Family Coaching

Free and subsidised one-to-one coaching helped families understand regulation, co-regulation and the nervous system.

What we learned: what helps families most at home, which became the family resources, coaching tools and training in the Learning Portal.

2022Two thirds of families reported clear reductions

Tactile Defensiveness Project

Eight families used practical regulation-based and somatic strategies at home.

What we learned: which regulation and somatic strategies families could use at home, now built into our sensory resources and training.

2022For the adults around the child

Compassion Fatigue Sessions

Subsidised sessions for parents, carers and professionals at risk of burnout from carrying other people’s emotions.

In 2022 these sessions supported 94 people, and they now run free inside our coffee mornings.

What we learned: the adults around the child need support too, so wellbeing sessions now run free inside our coffee mornings.

2021–2229 children supported

White Hall Academy

A five-minute grounding activity each morning, one to one, for 29 children across Years 1 to 6. Assessment scores improved for most pupils, and the school kept the intervention going the following year.

What we learned: short, consistent daily practice works, which shaped our grounding resources and how we train settings to embed them.

Read the project report

Since 2019Free, and still running

Coffee mornings and support groups

Free monthly Zoom coffee mornings and support groups for families, including families of children with a PDA profile, families dealing with emotionally based school avoidance, and families going through the EHCP process.

Volunteer led and capped at 20 people, so everyone has space to talk. Guest speakers join through the year.

What we learn each month: what families are asking for first, which shapes new courses, resources and where we focus funded work.

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Become a project partner

Apply for a funded place

There is no cost to your setting. Use this form for the Autumn 2026 or Spring 2027 cohort.

  1. 1Send the form below
  2. 2We review applications for your cohort
  3. 3Settings with a place join the welcome session

New to BOUNCE? Watch the free introduction to The BOUNCE Approach® first. It takes less time than the form.

Watch the introduction

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Sending the form is an expression of interest. It does not guarantee a funded place.

Questions

Before you apply

Is a funded project really free?

Yes. We fund the training, resources and project support, so there is no cost to your setting.

Who can apply?

UK education settings and organisations supporting primary or secondary-aged children and young people.

Does applying guarantee a place?

No. Cohorts are small so we can support each project properly. We will confirm whether your setting has been offered a place.

How long does the project take?

The project runs for six weeks, with a short baseline at the start and review at the end.

How much time will our team need?

Relevant staff complete the training, use the agreed strategies over six weeks and complete short baseline and review measures. The project lead also sends a weekly Team Project PDF, created through our online tool in just a few minutes.

What does our team need to do?

Choose one focus, nominate a project lead, complete the training, put BOUNCE into practice and complete the short project measures.

What information do you collect?

We collect the information needed to show what changed, including baseline and review measures and brief project feedback.

How do you use the project data?

We use anonymised data as evidence of impact and to improve our processes, services, training, tools, resources and future projects.

Will our setting or children be identified?

No identifying information is published without permission. Wider findings are anonymised.

What do we receive at the end?

You receive a Project Report and Impact Report showing what was put in place and what changed.

Not ready to apply? Look around first.

The demo is free and needs no sign-up. Try a Snapshot and see the tools your team would use during the project.

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Autumn 2026 cohort. Applications close 30 September 2026.

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BOUNCE Project 2026-27