

Enabling educational settings to kickstart their long-term wellbeing strategy
Providing fully funded wellbeing support in schools and educational settings
mdeducational foundation is a charity normalising student psychological fitness and resilience through guidance and early intervention.
We provide a three-year salary-funded commitment to placing dedicated wellbeing professionals within post-16 educational settings.
By funding the placement of Wellbeing Leads into post-16 settings, we are putting student wellbeing at the forefront of education – providing much needed support for their wellbeing needs through education and beyond.

Our purpose & work

”We set up mdeducational foundation based on a desire to change the script for today’s young people, and to give something back to the local community. From my own experience, and as a parent now, I know this can make a huge difference. Our healthcare system works on the premise that young people are “fine”, right up until the point where they have a mental health crisis – and it’s only then that support services step in. We wanted to change that path, by offering much earlier intervention and support to stop young people ever getting to that crisis point in the first place.”
– Tarquin Scadding-Hunt, Co-Founder at mdeducational foundation
Why our work is needed

young people in England have a probable mental health disorder in 2022

of UK teachers don’t feel confident helping pupils with their mental health

children and young people had been in contact with mental health services by April 2022
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”The hub offers a calming environment and the Wellbeing Lead has always been welcoming, helping me to feel less stressed. They’ve been able to support me better than any previous external counselling, simply by spending time with me and putting practical solutions in place to alleviate my concerns.”
– Student, England

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info@mdeducationalfoundation.org
UK: +44 (0) 1273 254 130
IRE: +353 19 601 174
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Registered Charity (no. 1169208) in England and Wales.