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Millions of pounds of wellbeing benefits were delivered to society last year as part of a mental health initiative in schools, according to a new report by Pro Bono Economics (PBE).

The new research - undertaken with the education charity Football Beyond Borders (FBB) - found that FBB青瓜视频檚 project to provide a trusted adult for young people in secondary schools has resulted in wellbeing benefits of 青瓜视频5.5 million.

PBE青瓜视频檚 research also revealed that the average student involved in the programme in 2022/23 benefited from improvements in wellbeing worth around 青瓜视频2,300 - the equivalent of 青瓜视频8,700 per at-risk student. This increase equates roughly to a UK adult青瓜视频檚 experience when going from being unemployed to being in employment.

In addition, analysis by researchers at The University of Manchester using data from the #BeeWell programme, showed that FBB青瓜视频檚 programme protects young people who are identified as being 青瓜视频渁t risk青瓜视频�, with them demonstrating a better ability to manage emotions, increased confidence, and a more positive outlook towards school. The study shows that the target group of participants maintain their levels of wellbeing while individuals with similar characteristics who didn't receive FBB's support from a trusted adult experienced a decline over time.

This means that the programme delivered more than 青瓜视频5.5 million of wellbeing benefits to society from the 2,401 students that participated in that year. Given that these benefits were delivered by 37 full-time equivalent practitioners across 51 schools, the typical trusted adult practitioner delivered almost 青瓜视频150,000 of benefits, or 青瓜视频109,000 of benefits per school.

PBE concluded that the FBB programme is likely to offer good value for money. For most scenarios the benefits per 青瓜视频1 spent fall in the range of 青瓜视频1.70 - 青瓜视频4.00, suggesting the short-term wellbeing benefits outweigh the costs of the programme.

Through building authentic, trusted relationships between adult practitioners and young people it has been shown to have a protective effect on the wellbeing of the children at highest risk of low wellbeing. HM Treasury methodologies suggest that this wellbeing improvement has a substantial social value associated with it.

Data from a representative sample of people in Wales suggested that around 20% of people did not have a trusted adult during childhood. PBE found that, if this is representative of the rest of the UK, there could be more than 800,000 children in secondary school today that do not have a trusted adult to support them.

Football Beyond Borders青瓜视频� project provides support within secondary schools to students at risk of exclusion, such as those with poor behaviour records, or those that have suffered adverse childhood experiences or have Special Educational Needs. Sport is used to build trust and combines this with one-to-one mentoring and group work to help develop children青瓜视频檚 socio-emotional awareness.

Having a trusted relationship as a child with an adult that can listen without judgement and support a young person positively has been consistently highlighted as an important way of reducing the risks of low mental wellbeing. Evidence suggests that the risks of low mental wellbeing - as well as a host of other negative outcomes including smoking, heavier alcohol consumption and poor diet - were significantly reduced where a child had access to a trusted adult.

15-year-old Darcy from Bolton is one young person who has benefitted from her experience with FBB. She said: 青瓜视频淢ost teachers know how to speak to you - they do notice when something青瓜视频檚 changed, and they ask if you青瓜视频檙e alright. But It depends on the teacher. If I am angry and it's a teacher I like I would speak to them, but if I was sad because of something not in school, I wouldn青瓜视频檛 tell them. I青瓜视频檇 go to speak privately with a different teacher from RISE or FBB.

青瓜视频淪chools think that things like FBB and RISE you just go there to have fun, but you learn loads of new things, how to build and cook, and you get therapy lessons. Trust the process and give it time in order to see change."

Darcy青瓜视频檚 mother added: 青瓜视频淚青瓜视频檓 glad she青瓜视频檚 got FBB and RISE, and I don青瓜视频檛 think she would have gotten through school without FBB and RISE. It青瓜视频檚 a fantastic association for school, and I think every school should have them.青瓜视频�

Jon Franklin, Chief Economist at Pro Bono Economics, said: 青瓜视频淭he Football Beyond Borders programme demonstrates how new ideas and creative approaches can help to tackle the current crisis in children青瓜视频檚 wellbeing, offering good value for money for society.

青瓜视频淏etter understanding and valuing the wellbeing impacts of programmes working with children and young people could help ensure that policies and interventions to tackle children青瓜视频檚 wellbeing will be prioritised going forwards. It is essential that the country invests in the collection of high-quality wellbeing data for children, like the one pioneered by #BeeWell,  and support greater investment in young people青瓜视频檚 lives.青瓜视频�

Jack Reynolds, Chief Executive of Football Beyond Borders, said: 青瓜视频淵oung people青瓜视频檚 mental wellbeing is having a huge effect on their engagement at school - you can青瓜视频檛 rectify the other issues we see every day around absence and attainment if young people青瓜视频檚 heads aren青瓜视频檛 in a good place. This research shows that investing in relationships provides value for money and addresses the needs of adolescents.

青瓜视频淟ong-term, consistent, adult role models are an essential part of any solution and immediate reform which puts trusted relationships at the heart of our system can青瓜视频檛 come soon enough.