#BeeWell Wednesday: April Newsletter

Welcome to the latest edition of our #BeeWell newsletter!
In this month’s newsletter:

• Latest Headline Findings reports from Greater Manchester and HIPS now live!
• Celebrating youth-led responses to the survey findings across Greater Manchester
• Support for national wellbeing measurement in the House of Commons and at Westminster panel event
• Spotlight on School: school belonging briefing paper and webinar
• How Great Oaks School is boosting school belonging and enabling positive relationships
• How The Difference are using #BeeWell survey questions to support school improvement

Latest Headline Findings reports from Greater Manchester and HIPS now live!  

This is the time of year that we share the findings from the Autumn 2024 #BeeWell survey. Having now heard from more than 130,000 young people over the past 4 years, #BeeWell is the biggest survey of its kind in the UK!

The second of our Headline Findings reports was released this week, sharing insights from Greater Manchester. Key topics and standout statistics have been chosen by our GM Youth Steering Group, including:

• 60% of young people (3 in 5) report that they feel like they belong at school.
• 1 in 10 young people are eating 5 portions of fruit and veg per day, and 1 in 10 young people tell us that the food in their house didn’t last and there wasn’t enough money to buy more, most days.
• 1 in 3 young people in Year 10 are meeting the recommended 1 hour a day of physical activity, but this drops to only 23% of girls, just less than 1 in 4.

Read more about the GM findings here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

If you are an organisation operating in GM, please join our virtual headline findings briefing this evening at 4.30pm to find out how you can use the data. Book your spot here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Last week we published new findings from Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton (HIPS). Read more about the latest HIPS data here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Our overview report will focus on findings for young people with special educational needs will be released very soon!

We would love for you to show your support by sharing and liking our Headline Findings on social media. Find our GM report launch posts on LinkedIn [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com], Instagram [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com], BluSk [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com]y [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com] and X [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Thank you for helping to make young people’s wellbeing everybody’s business!

Celebrating youth-led responses to the survey findings across Greater Manchester  

Young people from each of the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester have been responding to their local #BeeWell findings. This fantastic set of youth-led projects included a video on loneliness, a zine, workshops, artwork and more!

Read more about the projects and see work created by the young people here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Support for national wellbeing measurement in the House of Commons and at Westminster panel event   

MPs raised the importance of wellbeing measurement in the House of Commons as part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill report stage debate. Munira Wilson, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham, re-laid an amendment calling for a wellbeing measurement programme for England. Sarah Smith, Labour MP for Hyndburn, also championed the value of measuring wellbeing nationally.
Read more about the debate here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

To hear Munira Wilson and a panel of experts discuss the need for wellbeing measurement, join Pro Bono Economics for ‘More than grades: why children’s wellbeing data matters’ at 9am tomorrow morning. To watch the event live online, sign up here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Join the ‘Our Wellbeing, Our Voice’ campaign here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Spotlight on School: school belonging briefing paper and webinar 

In our latest edition of the Spotlight On series, we are focused on school belonging and the support available to young people in school.

Our latest #BeeWell briefing explores school belonging, looking at variation between schools, inequalities across socio-demographic groups, and identifying which school-related factors have the biggest influence on young people’s sense of school belonging. Read the briefing here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

Join us on Thursday 1st May 4-5pm for a webinar for school staff on the topic of school belonging. Book your free place here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

How Great Oaks School is boosting school belonging and enabling positive relationships  

Great Oaks is a large secondary school in Southampton for pupils with a variety of learning difficulties, social and emotional difficulties and health needs. The school uses both the short and symbol versions of the #BeeWell survey to understand the strengths and needs of their pupils when it comes to wellbeing, and to help make sure that everyone’s views are heard.

Take a look at how Great Oaks School has been boosting school belonging and enabling positive relationships for wellbeing in our blog post here [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].

How The Difference are using #BeeWell survey questions to support school improvement  

The Difference use an adapted version of the #BeeWell survey with schools as part of their leadership programmes. “Schools tell us that the wellbeing survey has been instrumental in their school improvement work – informing how they become a more inclusive place”

We discuss the value of wellbeing data and whole-school inclusion with Kit Rooney, Research, Impact & Influence Officer at The Difference in our latest Spotlight On blog [gregsonfoundation.us8.list-manage.com].