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Safe Spaces to Grow: Psychosocial Safety for Schools and Clubs

Young people thrive when they feel emotionally safe, supported, and understood. Yet many influences on their wellbeing are subtle and unseen - quiet pressures, shifting social dynamics, or the fear of not belonging.​​

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Safe Spaces to Grow helps adults recognise these hidden factors and understand how they shape confidence, behaviour, and engagement. When psychological safety is missing, young people withdraw or mask their emotions. When it’s present, they explore, connect, take healthy risks, and grow with confidence.

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This workshop gives teachers, coaches, and youth leaders the tools to create environments where young people feel grounded, valued, and free to be who they truly are. Through reflection, practical strategies, and real-world scenarios, participants learn how to build cultures that protect wellbeing and nurture belonging from the inside out.

“Safety isn’t just the absence of harm - it’s the presence of understanding, belonging, and room to grow.”

What you'll learn

  • Understand psychosocial safety and its role in youth wellbeing

  • Identify hidden pressures and risks affecting young people

  • Create environments that support emotional expression and belonging

  • Strengthen communication and relationships that protect wellbeing

  • Build consistent practices that help youth feel secure and valued

Who's this course for?

Teachers, coaches, school leaders, youth workers, sports clubs, and community organisations who want to create environments where young people feel supported, valued, and able to grow.

Format Options

  • Half-Day (3.5 hrs): Psychosocial safety foundations with practical insights into hidden pressures, emotional needs, and everyday strategies that support belonging

  • Full-Day (6.5 hrs): An expanded program exploring systems, behaviours, culture-building practices, and real-world scenarios to help adults strengthen emotionally safe environments for young people

Optional Add-Ons

  • Environment and Culture Assessment

  • Emotional Safety Toolkit

  • Parent or Staff Alignment Workshop

  • Student or Team Workshop

Workshop Essentials

To cultivate meaningful connection and shared learning, workshops are designed for 6–16 participants.

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Minimum requirement: 6 participants.

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