Resources
This set of resources supports schools to implement Connected Belonging, drawing on their knowledge of the students, their resources and context.
Video: Connected Belonging
A short introduction to this relational and identity-focused approach to school wellbeing strategy.
Audit Tool
A simple means for schools to quickly map strengths and gaps in existing provision against the eight domains of Connected Belonging.
Implementation Planner
A grid-based resource, structured around OFSTED's Three I's to record and plan the evaluation of wellbeing activities. This supports schools to document and evidence the impact of their wellbeing activities.
Activity Ideas
A range of suggested activities for each domain of the eight domains of Connected Belonging.
Video: Rethinking School Wellbeing: Why Belonging and Identity Matter
Professor Ceri Brown discusses how recent approaches to building resilience through school have resulted in young people feeling responsibility has been placed on them for their own wellbeing. She argues for shifted to a focus on ‘connected belonging,’ which prioritises relational approaches and identity affirmation over individual coping skills. Organised into bite-sized sections, this Faculti production covers: An Introduction to Individualistic Wellbeing in Schools; Research Findings on Reslience and Personal Responsibility; Limitations of Psychology-Based Approaches and Missing Traditions; Defining Connected Belonging and Its Components; Identity Affirmation as Foundation for Wellbeing and Systsemic Challenges in Education and Accountability.