OUR BACKGROUND
ABOUT ED
Ed Anthony is a UK-based Wellbeing Educator working across the NHS and private practice. A former secondary school History teacher, Ed transitioned into mental health education after delivering a wellbeing programme in the classroom which led to profound transformations in students struggling with mental health issues. Since launching his practice in 2017, he has shared his innovative approach to psychological wellbeing at the British Psychological Society, UK Parliament, and Cambridge University. Today, Ed provides his clients with the education, guidance and support needed to resolve negative mental states and live in improved levels of health and wellbeing.
OUR PREVIOUS WORK IN EDUCATION
Between January 2016 - July 2020, The Mental Wellbeing Centre - operating at the time as Mental Wellbeing In Schools - was primarily based in education, working mainly with students and staff from The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College. During our time at Herts and Essex, we ran groups, completed our own research around anxiety and exam performance, and also contributed to a Masters-level research project. All of this work ultimately contributed to the school receiving the Gold Carnegie Mental Health Award.
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A sample of some of our results and findings are available below, along with the full Masters research project.
RESULTS IN A NUTSHELL:
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100% improvement in every category in 7 out of 9 students who completed the questionnaire
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NO extra provisions required to accommodate anxiety or panic attacks during GCSE exam period for entire year group
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100% improvement in attitudes towards family relationships
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Significant improvement in each student's health
GOVERNMENT RESEARCH
GOVERNMENT RESEARCH STATISTICS
SOURCE: “Surviving or Thriving? The state of the UK’s mental health” - 2017
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Only 13% of people report living with high levels of good mental health
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More than 4 in 10 people say they have experienced depression
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The World Health Organisation advises that if we do not act urgently, “…by 2030 depression will be the leading cause of the disease burden globally”
MASTERS-LEVEL RESEARCH PROJECT
LAURA ANTHONY MA Ed
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We are incredibly proud to announce that Laura Anthony, an immensely valuable member of our team, has now completed a Masters-Level research project for Edge Hill University on the effectiveness of bringing this new understanding of the mind into education.
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This document is now available to download in PDF format, along with a one-page synopsis of our findings.
ONE PAGE SYNOPSIS
FULL MASTERS
EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH FROM THE USA
SPARK INITIATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
2017 - 2018 School Year SPARK Curricula Analysis: Changes Over Time
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The SPARK INITIATIVE create and deliver curricula based on the same form of mental health and wellbeing education that we teach. They predominantly work in challenging communities and schools in the state of Florida. Their results are exceptional.
Recently, they have been working with Group Victory LLC to achieve evidence-based status. Their results of their research can be downloaded here.