Mind Train CIC

27/07/2025

16/06/2025

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“I am large, I contain multitudes” (from ‘Song of Myself’ by Walt Whitman).

People rarely experience emotions one at a time – and sometimes what we feel can seem contradictory. It’s a normal part of being human – embrace your complexity 💙

16/06/2025

A few weeks ago, we posted about Amy, her organisation, All Ears Mental Health Association, and her successful funding bid.

Amy used some of the money she received from The Fore venture philanthropy fund to develop a new hub in Wigan to support young people with their mental health and is now inviting parents, carers, young people and curious professionals to the hub’s open day.

Come along on Saturday 5th July, 1-3.30pm, 432 Ormskirk Road, WN5 9DF, to find out more about the new hub, which will include a paint throwing room, rage room, journaling and colouring room, therapy room and training room.

Please book a place via the link in the comments 👇

The photo is of Amy outside the new hub on the day she got her keys to the building for the first time!

18/02/2025

🌈 Top Tips Tuesday! ✨

This week, we’re helping children manage big emotions with Self-Management strategies and support ❤️

Our technique starts in Reception and builds each year, teaching children how to regulate their emotions with:

🐢 “Doing Turtle”
🛑 Stop
🌬️ Take a deep breath
💬 Say the problem and how you feel

Here are some simple ways to bring this into your classroom:

📦 Problem-Solving Boxes – A safe space for children to write, draw, or talk about their challenges so you can explore solutions together.
🤗 Playtime Buddies – Encourage children to notice when a friend is upset and use calming strategies together.
🧸 Calm Corner & Choice Cards – Let children choose a reset strategy that works for them, like deep breathing, doodling, or mindfulness colouring.

Next week, we’ll be getting into responsible decision making tips and we can’t wait to share! 💛

07/02/2025

As Week draws to a close, here are some of my favourite resources for and 😇🧠❤️💙💛💚💜📕📚💻📱😁

Anna Freud Barnardo's PATHSEdUK NSPCC Mindfulness in Schools Project YoungMinds Alex Winstanley Place2Be

28/11/2024

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04/11/2024

For , , and support staff in or even who want to know more about supporting their children's and this website is brilliant and contains lots of great information. You need to register but then it's free 🧠🧠😇😇❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙💜

PESI UK training opportunities BEC’s partnership with PESI UK allows education staff to have free access to world-renowned speakers and experts to f...

11/10/2024

I didn't have time to do this yesterday for - I'm taking care of my mental health by telling myself that occasionally things get missed and that's ok 😄 I am also not going to do my usual trick of promising myself that I am going to post more on here ... and then being too busy. Since February, I been working for a national children's charity teaching a universal approach to mental health and wellbeing. I LOVE my job and I am doing the work I hoped to do with . Although I don't think my days are over, I am going to need to give myself a bit of time/space to think about how it will work. In the mean time, I will continue to work to support children, young people and families to survive and thrive.

13/05/2024

Sharing some of my favourite podcasters that support my . - Slo Mo Podcast, Feel Batter, Live More, Fearne Cotton Happy Place.

11/05/2024

In case you need to hear this right now.

11/05/2024

So far we have supported 20 people to become qualified Oliver McGowan Learning Disability & Autism Training Trainers! 🙌

📸 Here’s a screenshot of one of our original trios delivering a Tier 1 session!

Another reason for your vote in the National Diversity Awards 👇

https://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2024/nominations/happy-smiles-training-cic/

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