FOR SCHOOLS, TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS

Help your young people find their voice and build a future they believe in.

Original youth-development programmes, content and delivery models that connect with young people and support partnerships across schools, trusts and foundations.

Primary and secondary · Whole year groups and targeted cohorts · School, trust and foundation delivery

Mark Stevens delivering a Sound of Change assembly to students at Beckfoot School
18,800+young people reached since December 2023

CONNECTION BEFORE CONTENT

Young people engage when the message feels real.

Schools, trusts and foundations are responding to growing pressures around confidence, wellbeing, belonging, aspiration and decision-making. Information matters, but information alone rarely changes behaviour.

Sound of Change™ combines lived-experience storytelling, music, media and practical participation. We create moments that young people can feel, remember and carry into everyday life.

A Sound of Change assembly delivered to a full school audience
High-impact assembliesOne room. One shared moment. A message young people can carry forward.

THREE WAYS TO BEGIN

Start with the need in front of you.

Choose an immediate intervention, a deeper journey or a creative experience that gives young people something lasting.

IMMEDIATE IMPACT

High-Impact Assemblies

A powerful 45 to 60-minute session for a year group or wider school audience. Honest storytelling, memorable messages and music help open the conversation.

  • Ideal for a first booking
  • Whole year groups
  • Clear theme and practical takeaway
Discuss an assembly →

SIGNATURE FIVE-SESSION PROGRAMME

Battle for the Mind™

A structured journey helping young people recognise thought patterns, develop self-awareness, build self-worth, practise courage and choose a positive future direction.

  • Five connected sessions
  • Targeted classes, cohorts or pastoral groups
  • Feedback and outcome tracking
Explore the full programme →

FLAGSHIP EXPERIENCE

The Anthem Project™

Young people explore identity, choices and aspiration, then turn their ideas into an original recorded anthem. It is a creative experience with a lasting legacy.

  • One-day, multi-day or multi-week
  • Songwriting and recording
  • A finished anthem for your school
Discover The Anthem Project™ →
Illustrative damaged bus shelter on a neglected street at dusk

NEW ONE-SESSION OFFERING

Breaking the Cycle
of Antisocial Behaviour

Your next choice can change the story.

A new Sound of Change session exploring the impact of ASB, peer pressure, safer choices and positive social behaviour. Available for high-impact assemblies, whole year groups or repeat classroom sessions across a day.

Explore the new session

MESSAGES YOUNG PEOPLE REMEMBER

Distinctive content for real pressures.

Our programmes explore themes including identity, resilience, confidence, belonging, healthy relationships, positive choices and purpose. We shape the delivery around your pupils, priorities and intended outcomes. Each message can stand alone or form part of a wider programme.

WHAT WE HELP BUILD

Outcomes young people can take beyond the room.

01

Confidence

Recognising their value, strengths and ability to contribute.

02

Resilience

Responding to setbacks with healthier thinking and practical tools.

03

Positive choices

Understanding how everyday decisions shape what becomes possible next.

04

Aspiration

Seeing a future worth working towards and the steps that help create it.

05

Belonging

Building healthier relationships without losing their own identity.

06

Voice

Expressing ideas, experiences and hopes with growing confidence.

BUILT TO SCALE. DESIGNED FOR IMPACT.

Partner with Sound of Change™

We work with schools, multi-academy trusts, sports foundations, businesses and community organisations to deliver high-impact youth-development programmes at scale.

Partnership models can include direct delivery, multi-site programmes, commissioned projects, co-branded initiatives, facilitator training and future licensing opportunities.

FOR ACADEMY TRUSTS

Begin with a pilot. Build what works.

Start in one to three schools, agree the priority outcomes and learn from the response. From there, we can shape consistent delivery across more schools, cohorts or key transition points.

Discuss a trust pilot →
A young person taking part in a creative Sound of Change activity
Flexible enough for one school. Structured enough to grow across a trust.

SAFE, PREPARED DELIVERY

Designed to work alongside your school or foundation.

Safeguarding first

Delivery is agreed with your safeguarding team, including the reporting route, supervision and participant needs.

SEND-aware and inclusive

We welcome young people with SEND and work with staff to agree suitable adjustments in advance, including pace, communication and ways to participate. Young people are never required to disclose personal experiences.

Covered and accountable

Enhanced DBS checks, current policies, risk assessment procedures and appropriate organisational insurance are in place.

START WITH A CONVERSATION

Tell us what your young people need.

We will recommend a sensible starting point, shape the delivery around your setting and provide a clear proposal.