Testimonials & range of services
Wellbeing is often framed around what people should be doing, which can create feelings of shame or failure. Our approach removes that pressure. Using trauma informed principles and best practice we create supportive, non-judgemental learning environments, allowing people to safely explore new ideas and concepts with curiosity.
Our training is tailored to each person, place, organisation or communities need, we‘ve included examples of our work, along with feedback below, to give some idea of our range of services.
Royal Society for Public Health
What we delivered
The Royal Society for Public Health (RPSH) is an independent charity working to build a healthier future in the UK and across the world. We Do Wellbeing has a long established relationship with RSPH and has provided consultancy across a number of large national and international programmes including the International Youth Health Champions Project, Making Every Contact Count (MECC) in primary care settings and implementing a new Public Health approach to Violence Prevention and Reduction across the NHS in England.
“RSPH Training Solutions has worked with Dawn on a variety of educational projects such as Making Every Contact Count for Mental Health, Violence Prevention and Reduction, Physical Activity, and Social Prescribing.
Her expertise on content development and training delivery has been invaluable to us as we have piloted new initiatives. She is always a safe pair of hands, bringing a wealth of knowledge and skills, and we recommend her as a valuable addition to any public health project.”
- Samantha King, Director of Membership and Educational Services, Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
University College London
What we delivered
Dawn has been involved with the development of social prescribing for Children and Young People (CYP) nationally and internationally since it’s inception. Co-founder of the Social Prescribing Youth Network (SPYN), co-developer of the National Toolkit for CYP social prescribing and contributor to research and titles on the topic Dawn has become a leading name in the field. Working with UCL Dawn continues to be a passionate advocate for CYP social prescribing, supporting ongoing research and advocating for it’s continued evolution nationally and internationally.
“We enjoy working with Dawn and We Do Wellbeing because they bring a rare combination of strategic insight and practical delivery. Dawn is highly responsive, adaptable to complex settings, and has a strong understanding of wellbeing in real-world systems, particularly across children and young people’s services.
The thing we value most about working with Dawn is her ability to translate ideas into action while keeping young people at the centre. She brings a strong commitment to youth voice, ensuring that programmes are shaped by the experiences and priorities of young people themselves rather than imposed from the top down.
The impact of our work with Dawn has been the development of high-quality, evidence-informed approaches to supporting young people’s wellbeing, alongside strengthened partnerships across research, practice and delivery settings. Dawn has also drawn on the Social Prescribing Youth Toolkit to inform pathway development, ensuring that this work is grounded in established best practice while remaining responsive to local context.
We continue to work with We Do Wellbeing because of the trust, reliability and shared commitment to improving outcomes for young people. Dawn is a thoughtful and effective collaborator, and we see ongoing opportunities to build on this work together”
- Dr Daniel Hayes, Principal Research Fellow in Social Science & Director of the Social Prescribing Youth Network (SPYN), Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London
Bright Futures Educational Trust
What we delivered
The crisis in young people’s mental health is well-recognised. So it would seem almost impossible to believe that, in many cases, trainee teachers are going into classrooms without being provided with any insight into mental health and the links to behaviour and learning, but in many cases unfortunately this is the case. Bright Futures are doing things differently.
With the support of We Do Wellbeing all trainee teachers are given access to mental health awareness training with many practical tools to support young people across both primary and secondary education. They are also and importantly provided with space to focus on their own wellbeing ensuring they can remain in the classroom with enhanced levels of wellbeing, resilience and self-care embedded into their professional lives.
“Dawn and the We Do Wellbeing team have been delivering their well-being and mental health training to our trainee teachers for several years, and their sessions have become an integral and invaluable part of our Bright Futures SCITT teacher training programmes. We employ their services in 2 different and important ways:
Firstly, Dawn and her team deliver Mental Health Awareness Training, which aims to develop the skills that our newly qualified teachers will need to support the mental health well-being of their pupils. The trainers are always sensitive and approachable, and deliver these sessions in a really accessible way, ensuring that our future teachers leave feeling well-informed, confident and equipped with a range of tools they can use when supporting the pupils in their care.
Secondly, Dawn delivers an excellent 5 Ways to Well-being session, which supports the well-being of our trainees. We aim to develop teachers who are resilient and stay long term in the profession, and this session really helps trainees to focus on how to look after themselves, how to develop a healthy approach to work-life balance and how to build the resilience that they will need moving forward.
These sessions always receive excellent feedback and are invaluable in developing teachers that have a healthy approach to supporting both their pupils and themselves. Highly recommended, and appreciated by future employers too!”
- Hilary Langmead-Jones, School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) Manager, Bright Futures Educational Trust
Humber Violence Prevention Partnership
What we delivered
Approaches to the prevention and reduction in harm from violence are changing. Zero tolerance has not been working. Public health approaches to violence prevention are being implemented at scale across much of the NHS and also through regional Violence Prevention Partnerships (VPP).
In the Humber region the VPP and We Do Wellbeing have been working together to create further change in the wider workforce and also by developing and scaling a youth led programme, the first of it’s kind in the country.
“At the Humber Violence Prevention Partnership (VPP), we are committed to developing a skilled, confident workforce that can deliver a preventative, public health approach to violence.
Our journey with We Do Wellbeing, led by Dawn, began through colleagues undertaking the Level 3 Violence Prevention and Reduction qualification. This experience has since evolved into a wider piece of work for the Humber VPP, supporting innovation and strengthening practice across Humberside. The Level 3 qualification provided a strong foundation in understanding violence through a public health lens, shifting focus from crisis response to prevention, and from individual incidents to the wider social determinants such as trauma, inequality, and adverse childhood experiences. The programme made complex concepts accessible and practical, enabling colleagues to apply learning directly to their roles and build confidence in influencing others across the system.
Building on this, we commissioned We Do Wellbeing to deliver a webinar on the public health approach to preventing violence. This created a valuable opportunity for our partners to develop a shared language and understanding, strengthening collaboration across our system. Throughout, the support provided was highly responsive. Time was taken to understand our local context and priorities, ensuring delivery was relevant, meaningful and impactful.
A key strength of working with We Do Wellbeing has been their flexibility. They have consistently adapted their approach to meet the needs of different audiences and evolving priorities. This has been particularly important in the development of the Violence Prevention Youth Health Champions pilot. Working collaboratively, we have tailored the model to engage young people across Humberside, empowering them as peer influencers and advocates for change.
What sets We Do Wellbeing apart is a shared ambition to create lasting impact. Through initiatives such as the Youth Health Champions pilot, we are exploring how young people can play an active role in prevention, ensuring their voices and experiences shape our work. This reflects the Humber VPP’s broader commitment to working with communities to co-produce solutions and build safer environments.
Working with We Do Wellbeing has been a natural progression from our workforce development journey. Their strong subject knowledge, responsive support, flexibility and shared ambition have made this a highly effective partnership. This work is strengthening our system-wide approach and represents an important step forward in embedding a public health approach to violence prevention across Humberside.
- Kirsty Barr, Programme Officer, Humber Violence Prevention Partnership
The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust “Get on Track Programme” is a mentoring programme where world-class athletes work with young people who are not in Education, Training or Employment to develop their communication skills, teamwork, confidence, health and well-being.
“Having previously completed the Youth Mental Health First Aid 2 day course and learning what other services were available through We Do Wellbeing, we booked a wellbeing workshop for young people on the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust ‘Get on Track’ Programme in Selby.
From the moment of booking the service was helpful and efficient making sure Dawn the tutor had an overview of the young people she would be delivering to and tailored the content of the workshop to their level and needs. She kept the young people engaged and focused by using a variety of resources with activities to deliver the workshop.
Overall we found the workshop to be useful, interesting and informative. Everyone learnt something new and it gave the young people a better insight and perspective on mental wellbeing.
Dawn’s passion for the course comes across in the delivery and she kept everyone interested."
