Celebrating Excellence: Livewell Counselling Service Wins the Quality Business Award 2026
We are delighted and incredibly proud to announce that Livewell Counselling Service has been awarded the Quality Business Award 2026 for Best Counselling Service in Chorley, UK. This award is a reflection of an extraordinary year of growth, dedication, and impact. Over the past year, Livewell has expanded significantly, securing new contracts and partnerships across London, Lancashire, […]
Before You Break for Summer: What Your Staff Are Quietly Carrying Into Next Term
As schools and colleges move towards the summer break, there is a natural sense of reaching the end. The final weeks bring a shift in pace events, transition work, reports, goodbyes. A sense of closing things down before September. On the surface, it can feel like a moment to pause. However, for many staff, the […]
Educational establishments ask for honesty… But Do they Make It Possible?
There’s a familiar moment in many schools and colleges. A group of staff sit together. Perhaps it’s the start of a session, a training, or a meeting. They are asked to introduce themselves or share a thought. Outwardly, it looks simple but internally, something else is happening. Most people are not fully listening to the […]
Support Only Works If People Use It: The Missing Piece in School Wellbeing
Schools and colleges are investing in supervision, counselling, wellbeing programmes and external support services. Leadership teams are recognising the pressures staff are under and are actively trying to respond. On paper, the systems are there and yet, in many settings, something doesn’t quite shift. Staff continue to feel overwhelmed. Concerns are still held privately. Difficult […]
The Hidden Load: Supporting Staff Working With the Social Media Generation
al Media Generation There is a shift in education that is often discussed in relation to young people but much less often discussed in relation to the staff supporting them. The current generation of children and young people is growing up in a world shaped by constant connection. Social media is not separate from their […]
Beyond Survival: How Schools are Building Emotionally Resilient Staff Cultures
In recent months, something has quietly shifted among our clients in education. More schools, colleges and universities are reaching out not just for supervision, but also for counselling. Both! Increasingly, leadership teams are recognising that supporting staff in today’s educational landscape doesn’t need to be confined to a single service or a single approach. The […]
Supervision Isn’t Just Support – It’s Strategy
In education, there are some decisions that feel operational, such as timetables, staffing, budgets systems. Then, there are decisions that shape everything else. Culture.Consistency.Clarity of thinking under pressure. Supervision firmly belongs to the second category, yet it is still too often viewed as the first. For many schools, colleges and universities, supervision is positioned as […]
“Nothing Changes… Until Something Does: What Real Change in Counselling Actually Looks Like”
People often believe that counselling is about talking. Sitting in a room, saying things out loud. Going over the same experiences again and again. Understanding yourself a little more and sometimes, that’s where it stays. But real counselling, the kind that changes lives, doesn’t stop at insight. Because insight alone doesn’t change anything. You can […]
The Unspoken, Everyday Reality of Education Staff
There are thoughts that live quietly in schools and colleges. They don’t make it to the staffroom, they don’t appear in supervision records or appraisal paperwork and they’re rarely voiced in meetings but they shape how your staff show up every day. Am I overreacting?I can’t tell my Head this.If I say this out loud, […]
The Emotional Weight No Job Description Warned You About
If you work as a Headteacher, DSL or SEN leader, you are likely very familiar with responsibility but less often invited to talk about the emotional weight that comes with it. Your role requires you to make decisions that matter deeply. You hold safeguarding responsibility, support staff through complex situations, manage risk, and respond to […]