Early Intervention
One coach, one child, one hour a week.
All over the UK, children are struggling for all kinds of reasons and many families are suffering without hope. Poverty, bereavement, family breakdown, abuse or being in the care system can have a huge effect on a child’s wellbeing. Some children may suffer from a lack of confidence, experience bullying, struggle in the absence of positive role models, or just be in desperate need of a trusted adult to talk to and listen.
What if there was a way your church could offer practical, loving and dynamic therapeutic support to those children struggling in your community?
With TLG’s Early Intervention programme, churches are transforming lives by delivering over 20,000 coaching sessions each year. Even more inspiring, they’re opening doors for children and families to experience the broader care and community of their local church.
Did you know?
1 in 10 children in the UK feel unable to cope with the school day
- Association for Young People's Health, Key Data on Adolescence
Did you know?
Almost two-thirds of children aged 10-11 say they worry 'all the time'.
- BBC
Did you know?
70% of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age
- Children’s Society, The Good Childhood Inquiry: health research evidence.
The aim of the TLG Early Intervention programme is to equip volunteers from churches to go into their local schools and provide one-to-one coaching for children finding it hard to cope. Every volunteer spends an hour each week with their child - sharing fun with them, listening to them and showing them that somebody cares about them.
Invariably, whenever a child is struggling at school, there is a family that also needs support and care. TLG Early Intervention introduces churches to families in need of the comfort of your loving church community.
How TLG helps:
TLG provides volunteers from your church with:
- Comprehensive training so that they can professionally and sensitively create a safe environment for their coached child.
- More than a year’s worth of bespoke resources and session plans. Our aim is to make it as simple as possible!
- Regular support from Regional Leaders so they won’t feel they’re working alone.
- Access to our dedicated online system known as ‘Coaching Village’ to enable you to see the impact that your church is making.
- Plus, your church’s Early Intervention Coordinator (the lead coach) and deputy will receive additional training to support your team.
We are looking to set up more TLG Early Intervention programmes in partnership with churches across the UK. Please let us know if you'd be interested in running a programme by enquiring below.
Through coaching, I started to feel differently. I would feel happier and just generally being able to talk about my feelings felt really good, and then was improving my mental state - Ollie, Northern Ireland
What Headteachers say...
Useful resources
For more information about the TLG Early Intervention Programme, please download our information brochure.
What Coaches say...
Does your church already run a TLG Early Intervention programme?
I want to access Coaching Village
I am an EI coordinator or a church leader & I want to refer someone from my church to be a coach
