Are you worried about your child’s mental health?

Standing in the Gap is here to help your family manage the big emotions of fear, anxiety, anger and grief.

We are a UK charity with a global reach.

Based in Bloxham, Oxfordshire we offer evidence based facilitated online workshops for children and families to help them to understand and manage big emotions such as fear, anxiety, anger and grief and key transitions such as starting or changing school.

We have worked directly with nearly 4000 parents and children, and every program is rooted in empathy and designed to make a lasting difference.

Our Mission is to support children and families by providing tools to build emotional wellbeing and good child mental health

Our Vision is for every child to be emotionally healthy and able to flourish

We work in empowering partnerships with families and their communities

We bridge the gap in child mental health support with a programme of facilitated talks, workshops, online resources and bespoke support.

We work in empowering partnerships with parents and schools to achieve emotional wellbeing in preschool and primary aged children.

If you are able to donate to help support us in this vital work please do

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What support do we offer?

We are quite unique as a charity in that we work with parents AND children together. We believe that both are important together for good child mental health.

Managing Anxiety (4–11 year olds)

We offer Support for concerns in the form of monthly online workshops for children and parents. Click ‘explore’ below for more information and how to join us at the next workshop. All our workshops and talks are supported by resource packs to enable families to practically use the interventions we recommend.

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Managing Anger (4–11 year olds)

We offer Support for concerns in the form of monthly online workshops for children and parents. Click ‘explore’ below for more information and how to join us at the next workshop. All our workshops and talks are supported by resource packs to enable families to practically use the interventions we recommend.

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Managing Grief

Support for difficult times: losing a loved one is never easy at any age whether this is a grandparents, relative, friend or family pet knowing what to do, what can help and how to support your child can be hard. This resource contains a series of videos supporting you through this time along with a beautiful illustrated book, The Teddy with the Hole in its Heart.

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Starting Primary School

We know Starting school can be an anxious time for parents and children. We have designed and delivered our Starting Primary school talk specifically for parents whose children start school in September.

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Preparing for Secondary School

Evidence shows that the transition from primary school to secondary school is one of the most crucial events in a child’s life, if they struggle, it impacts their educational capacity as well as their emotional and mental health. To assist with this, we have written and delivered talks to parents and Year 6 students looking at the biggest parent and student worries and providing a lot of practical hints and tips to help the transition go smoothly. The talk aims to educate and inform both parents and students transitioning to secondary school and to prevent the build-up of anxiety.

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Bespoke Support

Sometimes children and parents need more support which we can provide through our unique programs: Frameworks 2 Flourish and TLC: The Lifeboat Centre.

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