How your gift helps
You make hope real - for real children like Lucy.
When 10-year-old Lucy was struggling with her emotions, friendships, and confidence, TLG Early Intervention gave her a trusted coach, Donna, who met with her every week. Through talking, creativity, and animation, Lucy found a safe way to express how she felt, allowing her to thrive at school again. Your gift can help more children like Lucy receive steady, one-to-one support when they need it most.
Not every child who struggles is picked up by their school or local GP, and when families are under pressure, children’s emotional and mental needs can go unnoticed.
When children don’t have a safe space to process what they’re going through – whether that’s family breakdown, trauma, bereavement or bullying – their emotional and mental wellbeing can suffer. And when a child’s mental health is affected, everything becomes harder.
Poor mental health:
- is one of the leading reasons children miss school.
- makes it harder for children to build and maintain relationships.
- doesn’t just affect how children feel – it affects their physical health too.
- increases a child’s risk of self-harm.
- shapes how children see themselves and their future.*
Your support makes meaningful, therapeutic care possible for children struggling with their emotional and mental wellbeing.
Where does my giving go?
Therapeutic Hubs: Your gift creates church and school-based spaces where children and families can access therapeutic counselling and find care when life feels overwhelming.
Make Lunch: Your gift enables churches to provide safe, welcoming spaces where families can share meals, build community, and experience belonging.
Early Intervention: Your gift trains and supports volunteer coaches to offer one-to-one support to children in schools who are struggling and need someone to walk alongside them.
Coaching Academy and Network: Your gift equips volunteers with the skills, confidence and ongoing support they need to journey well with children facing emotional and mental wellbeing challenges.
Because of you, children struggling at school can access one‑to‑one, trauma‑informed coaching from a trusted adult. Families can gather around shared meals that restore a sense of belonging. Volunteers are trained and supported so they can respond compassionately to children facing real challenges.
For children and families whose circumstances can feel hopeless, your support makes a tangible difference. You make hope real.
I can’t tell everybody who has given money to TLG how thankful I am. Without you guys, TLG wouldn’t happen - Courtney, aged 15
Why you can trust us
We’re a nationwide charity partnering with churches and schools around the UK with the shared purpose of supporting children struggling with their emotional and mental health.
We’re committed to stewarding your gift wisely and with transparency to maximise the hope it brings.
For every pound you donate, 90p directly supports children through our programmes. Of the remaining 10p, 9p is used to raise further funds, enabling us to reach even more children, and 1p ensures strong governance and accountability in all that we do.
You can find full details of TLG’s finances, including our annual accounts and Trustees’ Report, on the Charity Commission website.
Click here to Make Hope Real for a child today
Thank you for standing with children in need of real hope.
*NHS England Digital - 2022 , Annals of General Psychiatry - 2024 , NHS England Digital - 2023
