human values foundation
We are an independent, non-denominational charity providing holistic
values-related education programmes for teachers and schools. With over 25 years
of experience, we share our knowledge and experience so as to promote better
outcomes for young citizens, both academically and as empowered, happy, healthy
individuals who feel capable of fulfilling their true potential, whatever their
starting points in life. Not only have we been supplying practical, personal
development and wellbeing programmes for a generation of learners aged from 4 to
14 but we also provide training in Values Education, an element in the school
curriculum that is becoming increasingly significant as the topic of values
becomes ever more mainstream and as the understanding of how values affect and
impact people’s thinking, decision-making, actions and wellbeing grows. The
intense focus on academic outcomes during the past two decades has been at the
expense of many children’s mental health and wellbeing, and this has brought
into focus the urgent need for a shift in education practices towards rounded,
whole-child development. This approach has always been central to our work.
There are few opportunities for teachers during their initial teacher training
and continuing professional development to learn about the role of values in our
day-to-day lives and to appreciate how they can be proactively used to nurture
and empower individuals to progressively gain character strengths, social and
emotional skills and personal qualities that are essential for their happiness,
health and capacity to maximise their talents and abilities. This is the gap we
fill.
