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The Children’s Resilience Programme recognises that children’s well-being is influenced by their interaction with their parents and caregivers, their peers, and with others in their community. It covers all these areas of children’s lives to help improve their well-being and resilience through children’s workshops that focus on supporting children’s inner strengths and social interactions.

DREAMS is a 24-month Erasmus+ strategic partnership composed of three schools and two non-profit organisations that work in tackling early school leaving, particularly in contexts with strong presence of cultural diversity. The project is being implemented in Spain, Italy and Portugal so far.

The SSaMs project aimed to improve boys’ and young men’s educational attainment and prevent early school leaving via gender-sensitive mentoring and sports. The rationale of the Erasmus+ programme was that many sports personnel already provide mentoring to boys around health and social issues but lack training to do so effectively.

The Scuola Viva project is a series of interventions aimed at strengthening the educational offer of the regional school system and the relationship between school, territory, businesses and citizens in Campania, Italy. The project currently has 500 schools taking part with over 400,000 students involved.

The ‘Raising the Achievement of All ������Ƶers in Inclusive Education’ (RA) project aimed to provide evidence of effective practice in raising achievement and building the capacity of schools and communities to include and support all learners.

The PLYA initiative’s main goal is to provide individual support for young NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) aged 15 to 26 or students at risk of dropping out of school. It was created by the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education in 1999, which still monitors and supplements it.

Sindbad is a social enterprise created in 2016 to connect people from different worlds. Our vision is a society in which young people can take their lives into their own hands, and in which they can shape their future according to their talents and passions, regardless of their social backgrounds.

1. School context Reach Academy Feltham (RAF) is in West London. It has 900 pupils from ages 2 to 18. It is a Free School, meaning it is funded directly by the Department for Education and is independent of local government. The school serves a community with high levels of disadvantage, where many families find it difficult to access professional support services. RAF’s mission is to help all its pupils lead lives of choice and opportunity. It works closely with pupils and their families to overcome any barriers to doing well, at home and in the community. To support this, in 2017 RAF created Reach Children’s Hub, an organisation dedicated to extending RAF’s work with families, the local community, and other professional services in the area. The Hub works both with pupils and families from RAF and who attend other local schools. Ofsted, the English schools inspectorate, has graded RAF as an outstanding school. 2. Responding to COVID-19 A week and a half before the UK went into lockdown, RAF’s leadership team (the principals and senior staff) began planning their response to the crisis. Their priorities were to:• provide high-quality, engaging learning for all pupils• look after families’ well-being• support the wider community • look after the well-being of RAF staff. RAF’s work to develop Reach Children’s Hub meant it already had some good links with other services and community groups locally. As a Free School, it was also used to working quickly and flexibly to respond to pupils’ and families’ needs. These factors meant RAF was able to act much more quickly in response to COVID-19 than was possible for local government organisations. RAF has stepped forward to take the lead on co-ordinating a multi-agency response to the crisis across the community. By taking this role, it has been able to secure a renewed commitment for services, community groups and schools to work together to meet people’s increasing needs.