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Opportunities for You in 2026

Welcome back. We hope you had a great Christmas and were able to spend some quality time with family, friends, and the people who help you feel like you.



As you step back into school this week, you might be feeling excited and ready to go. You might also be feeling tired, unsure, or even a little heavy about what lies ahead.

Both are completely normal.


Education is going through a period of significant change.


Across England, there’s a clear shift towards more holistic, inclusive, and enriching experiences for young people, where wellbeing, belonging, and relationships are no longer seen as “add-ons” but as foundations.


For some educators, that feels energising and long overdue. For others, it can feel unsettling, especially when the why feels clear but the how feels harder to grasp.



At Future Action, this moment genuinely excites us. It reflects work we’ve been advocating for, testing, refining, and embedding for over a decade in our own schools, through national award-winning practice, and in over 300 schools across the Global RISE Up community.


In many ways, it feels like policy is beginning to catch up with what we on the frontline have known for a long time.


However you’re feeling as 2026 begins, you can count on us to support you this year.


We’ve created a range of opportunities designed to help you feel empowered rather than overwhelmed, so you can continue transforming children’s mental wellbeing and life chances in ways that actually work in real schools.


This blog outlines what’s available to you in 2026 and gently teases a few new resources we’ll be launching along the way for you.


⚡ TL;DR – Opportunities for You in 2026


🌱 Join the RISE Up Community in 2026

RISE Up 2026 Whole-School Wellbeing Programme of Support

As schools plan ahead, many colleagues have asked how to build a clear, compassionate, and sustainable wellbeing approach without adding to workload or initiative fatigue.


Our 2026 RISE Up programme brings together movement, trauma-informed practice, and early intervention into one structured, year-long package of support, designed to address some of the biggest challenges schools are facing.


1️⃣ Intent – Vision & Planning

  • A co-created, bespoke strategic wellbeing vision

  • A 90-day implementation plan to overcome overwhelm

  • A copy of Time to RISE Up


2️⃣ Implementation – Training & Support

  • In-person CPD

  • Ongoing coaching

  • Unlimited access to our online courses

  • Editable resources

  • 24/7 access to RISE AI


3️⃣ Impact – Evidence & Legacy

  • A co-created case study

  • Measurement aligned to wellbeing, behaviour, attendance and engagement

  • Opportunities to share your journey regionally

  • Membership of the Global RISE Up community and your local community of best practice



🎯 Taster Resources

If you’re curious but not quite ready to commit, our taster resources are a great place to start.



They’re designed to help you explore ideas, try small changes, and reflect, without pressure, and are available in a wide range of formats that fit around your busy school life.


Click here to access our taster resources.


📊 Impact Reports and Case Studies

We’ve recently updated our Impact Page with new case studies from Framingham Earl High School and The Winston Churchill School, alongside examples from primary, secondary, and specialist settings.



We have some brilliant new case studies and impact reports coming over the next few months, showcasing schools doing thoughtful, impactful work to create safe, inclusive, relationship-rich environments for young people.


Click here to access our impact page.


📖 Time to RISE Up and What’s Next

Time to RISE Up continues to support educators with practical, evidence-informed strategies for mental wellbeing in schools.



We’re also excited to share that another book is planned for later in 2026, co-created with one of our brilliant trusted partners. More on that soon.


💻 Online Teacher Training Courses

Our online teacher training courses support flexible, on-demand learning for busy educators. Schools can choose what’s most helpful for their context, or combine courses as part of a wider wellbeing strategy.


Our current online courses include:




Importantly, these courses are not static. They continue to evolve in response to emerging research, policy shifts, and, most importantly, feedback from the educators we work alongside.


Over the past year alone, we’ve added new content and resources including:


💫 The SPARK Leaders Programme, empowering Trauma-Informed Sports Leaders and lunchtime supervisors to deliver Play Wrapped in Care at social times.



🏃‍♀️ Expanded movement-based activity ideas to help children develop practical, personalised self-care wellbeing toolkits.


🧩 The RISE Up Intervention Planning Sheet, supporting bespoke early-intervention plans matched to your pupils and school context.


🌱 PACEs (Positive Attachment Childhood Experiences) content, offering practical ways to create protective, relationship-rich experiences as an antidote to the impact of ACEs.



We’ll continue to add and refine content throughout 2026 to ensure our courses remain relevant, practical, and grounded in what’s really happening in schools.


We’ll also be launching new online courses throughout 2026, so watch this space.


📞 Consultancy Services & Regional RISE Up Programmes

Alongside our whole-school programme, we work closely with Virtual Schools, Active Partnerships, MATs, National Governing Bodies (NGBs), and School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) to develop regional RISE Up programmes rooted in local need.



We always start by listening, to your context, your challenges, and what matters most to the children and young people you serve. From there, we co-design support that feels realistic, compassionate, and sustainable.


These partnerships allow us to:

  • Build place-based wellbeing programmes shaped by local priorities

  • Strengthen multi-agency collaboration around children and families

  • Align wellbeing, inclusion, physical activity, and trauma-informed practice

  • Reduce duplication by creating a shared language, vision, and evidence of impact



Whether you’re exploring a school-level partnership or a regional RISE Up programme, we’d love to start a conversation.



Once you complete the form, we’ll be in touch to listen, explore options together, and see how we can best support you and your community.


📅 Join Us at Upcoming Events This Half Term

We’re really looking forward to meeting many of you at the following events:


🎤 Herts Primary PE Conference – Hatfield, Hertfordshire📅 Friday 9th January 2026👉 Book your place here


🎤 SHAPE Conference – Chesterfield, Derbyshire📅 Friday 16th January 2026👉 Book your place here


🎤 SASP Conference – Bridgwater, Somerset📅 Friday 30th January 2026👉 Book your place here


If you’re attending, please come and say hello. We love hearing about you, your young people, and your context.


Looking Ahead

2026 holds a lot of possibility.

New partnerships. New resources. Deeper impact.


Wherever you are on your journey, we’re here to support you.


Thank you for all you do for your young people.


With gratitude,

Neil Moggan & the Future Action Team 

💛🧠💪


P.S. Contact us or subscribe here to ask any questions you may have or to receive the latest weekly case studies, insights, and taster resources.



 
 
 
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