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RESOURCE ROUND-UP: January 2026
James Gore | 30th January 2026
Welcome to the January Phase Resource Round-Up. This is our hub for sharing useful blogs, podcasts and tools. Our first blog of 2026 was all about setting goals (as you might expect). In it, I encouraged a blend or grace and dreaming big for anyone setting New Year’s resolutions. Here’s a quick snippet:There’s a famous quote from James Clear o
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RESOURCE ROUND-UP: December 2025
James Gore | 18th December 2025
Welcome to our Christmas resource round-up for 2025! Here are some recent podcasts, videos and tools we'd like to share. We also love to highlight some older resources that might be useful for you in the current season. I hope you find it helpful! Our most recent podcast episode features an interview with Rob Bryan. Rob is an amazing guy as well as
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RESOURCE ROUND-UP: November 2025
James Gore | 27th November 2025
Here’s our November round up of useful resources from Phase!In this month's podcast, I spoke to Ben Kellard about the environment, the economy and wellbeing. Check it out here: You can still catch last month’s Digital Wellbeing episode here: Over the summer, we released new YouTube videos explaining the science behind gratitude journaling and how t
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What I would do differently if I took my GCSEs again
Guest Contributor | 29th July 2025
As a sixth form student, I often think about my time during my GCSE’s and how I coped with some of the stresses that came with them. For much of my summer holiday, I feared going to sixth form because I didn’t want to fall back into the patterns and routines I developed over year 11. Therefore, in this article I want to talk about things I would do
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SEND in Schools
James Gore | 10th January 2025
Hey everyone, welcome back to the Phase blog. For many of us, this has been the first full week back at work/school in 2025; I hope it's been a good one for you! This week I read an interesting BBC article about what Ofsted's chief inspector has said about SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) provision in UK schools. I thought it was w
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Stress-Busting Tips for Exams
Kieran Murphy | 22nd April 2024
As exam season approaches, feeling a bit anxious is completely normal. But fear not! It’s not just about hitting the books harder—it's about hitting them smarter. Let’s explore some top-notch strategies to manage your stress, maximise your study time, and smash those deadlines.Understand the EndgameBefore you even open your textbook or revision not
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Porn-pandemic
Kieran Murphy | 18th June 2021
In a recent Ofsted survey it was highlighted that teenage girls were asked for nudes by up to 11 boys a night. The impact of pornography on young people is a silent pandemic that has been spreading for years.The rise of social media channels where images can be shared for a limited time, the increased amount of free to access pornography straight f
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It’s the end of the…… term?
Kieran Murphy | 28th July 2020
To say that this has been the strangest academic year would be an understatement. As we come in to another six-weeks at home, it is a summer break that is not filled with the joy, anticipation, relieve and excitement that every other year has. It has been a challenge; however, children, young people, parents and schools has risen to the challenge.A
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Exam Season
Rebekah K Bacon | 20th May 2019
Oh no. It’s everyone’s least favourite season of the year, back again to torment us. I am yet to meet someone who enjoys the thrill of going into an exam hall and trying to get down all their knowledge and understanding of a subject in 1-2 hours. Yet for me, equally as bad is coming out to find your friends discussing answers and realising what yo
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Christmas Unwrapped
Hannah Dengate | 24th December 2018
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6. Less than a week until Christmas 2018! Over the past two weeks here at Phase we have engaged with around 300 children in Hitchin, delivering our Chris
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Amy's work experience
Kieran Murphy | 22nd October 2018
Often Phase are asked if we can accommodate young people on work experience. In July Amy joined the team for the final week of the summer term, here are her thoughts on a week with the Phase team.... In July I enjoyed a week of work experience with Phase, I learnt about the amazing work they do behind the scenes as well as in schools. I had the opp
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Train the trainer!
Kieran Murphy | 9th June 2017
In the past 18-months Phase has taken incredible leaps forward in our knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by young people that is attacking their wellbeing as well as key ways to grow and improve this – emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. As Phase develops our thinking and knowledge we have had some exciting opportunitie
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Local company put Phase in the driving seat
Kieran Murphy | 24th May 2017
Local car sales and service business AZ Autos recently took on an exciting challenge to support young people and give two local students an opportunity to experience business in the driving seat. AZ Autos donated a car for Luke and Tom, two students from The Priory School to renovate, source parts, prepare for sale and then sell the car, with all
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My year with Phase
Bethany Murray | 2nd August 2016
This year I have been working with Phase as the 'Self-harm Support Intern' and what an exciting year it has been. I've seen Phase achieve so much and am excited about the future of the charity which I will continue to support and be involved with, just perhaps from more of a distance as my next three years will be spent up north at Newcastle Univer
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Friendly Places
Kieran Murphy | 12th July 2016
"There's no health without mental health" Phase HQ recently received our Friendly Places certificate from Faith Action confirming that we are a faith organisation that is committed to caring for people's mental health. By signing up to the Friendly Places Pledge, a faith group makes a commitment to be a place which welcomes and supports
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