Think2Speak don't do 'Black Friday' - here's why
Think2Speak will not be sending another email to your inbox full of deals and scarcity as we are not taking part in one of the “busiest shopping days of the year”, and we want to share why.
Can you gift a conversation?
Think2Speak are encouraging people to gift a conversation to someone this festive season. After the success of our Conversation Colouring Books, we have collaborated again with celebrated illustrator Rebecca Strickson to launch a beautiful range of notecards all designed to instigate a conversation.
Trans Kids: In their words
This week for Trans Awareness Week we thought we’d share the words and conversations from the children and families who attend Hodgepodge, our support group for trans and gender diverse children and young people.
The Power of A Conversation
Having real conversations helps you feel purpose in life as they allow you to build deep connections with people. Developing relationships is essential for humans to function efficiently. Feeling connected to the world is vital for your wellbeing and mental health. Yet in a world that is more connected than ever before, why is loneliness at an all-time high?
Why do pronouns matter?
You will never know someone’s pronoun by simply looking at them. Using someone’s correct personal pronoun shows respect for their gender identity. When you refer to someone using the wrong pronoun, this can cause feelings of exclusion and distress.
Vacancy: Sessional Online Counsellor
Think2Speak are recruiting for a sessional Counsellor to join our team working online at an hourly rate with children, young people and adults.
£80,000 Funding Boost
Think2Speak is celebrating after being awarded £80 000 in National Lottery funding to support its work with children and young people. The funding boost for the organisation, whose head office is in Marshall’s Yard Gainsborough, comprises of £10000 to provide wellbeing support to children and their families, and £70000 from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to develop their unique LGBTQ+ peer support programme.
Calling out racism
For those who cast doubt on systemic racism in education: this picture was in a 2017 psychology textbook written by teachers, published by an educational publisher, approved by an exam board and used within schools. It literally doesn’t get more systemic than that.
ROAR - Youth Social Action
ROAR group is Think2Speak’s social action group for young people in the Gainsborough area. As a group young people look at what the issues and concerns might be for themselves and other young people and come up with ways they might be able to do something about them.
Say it loud. Say it proud.
In celebration of Think2Speak’s 5th birthday we share our latest collaboration with illustrator Rebecca Strickson; PROUD t shirts.
Free Superhero Certificates for the Children of Key Workers
Think2Speak helps you say thank you to the children of key workers! The social enterprise, based in Gainsborough, have created Superhero Certificates with artwork designed by celebrated illustrator Rebecca Strickson.
1500 Donated Wellbeing Packs head out to children in poverty
Gainsborough social enterprise Think2Speak has teamed up with celebrated artist Rebecca Strickson to create the Conversation Colouring Book – and we’re giving thousands free to locked-down families in need.
‘Conversation Starter’ Colouring Book to Boost Children’s Mental Health
Buy one, donate one books will also help families in need.
The colouring books are full of creative activities, postcards and ideas to encourage families to chat and spend time together. They are being sold with a ‘buy one donate one’ approach so that for every book purchased, a child experiencing food poverty will get a book for free.
What does that mean?
Check out some of the words we regularly use, starting with gender and sexuality vocabulary.
Six questions with... Simon Blake
Six questions with Simon Blake, CEO of Mental Health First Aid England and Trustee of Stonewall.
Looking for support?
Would you, or someone you know, benefit from having someone to talk to? The Think2Speak team are here to support children, young people and their families.
Time to get arty?
Mindful colouring can provide numerous benefits for all ages. Here are some of the Think2Speak team’s favourite illustrators and how they’re helping in these crazy times we are all in together….
Free Resources for Children and Families
We’ve popped some of our favourite signposting resources into a handy sheet for families with children and young people - these are all services and websites that are available free to anyone in England.
COVID19 Update
What a moment in time we are living in! In light of the current situation I wanted to personally update you on Think2Speak’s plans, and the difficult decisions our team are having to make.
International Women's Day - Six Questions With
Think2Speak’s new blog series launching for International Women’s Day - Six questions with featuring inspiring women from our team and networks. Encouraging conversations is at the core of what we’re about so we posed six questions to our guest bloggers!