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About us
We improve the mental health and wellbeing outcomes of local children and young people
We're a not-for-profit Community Interest Company which provides Creative Counselling and Play Therapy for children and young people aged 3-19 years, as well as family, infant and sibling support.
We provide sessions to local families, and offer fully-funded or low cost sessions for families who are on low incomes or benefits, and living in social housing.
We also offer a wide range of services and products which foster and enable good mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Don't just take our word for it!
Follow the link to read some of our fantastic feedback from children and young people, families, as well as local schools and organisations...
Read on to find out more...
or follow the link straight to our services and products pages to see what we can do for you in more detail.
What we offer
Our work is person-centred and child-led - each child and young person is at the heart of all that we do
We personalise our work so that it is responsive to an individual's therapeutic needs, and provide creative counselling and play therapy as well as talk-based sessions.
Our calm and caring 'cocooning' space helps children and young people to reach their true potential.
We work with children and young people to:
foster and grow creativity and curiosity
develop greater resilience and flexible thinking
develop essential relational and life skills
self-regulate, explore emotions and have good mental health
reach goals and positively improve lifelong outcomes
How we provide this
We're a one-stop therapeutic service
We save you time, money and hassle and ensure your peace of mind by covering everything, from start to finish.
From your referral, we organise and complete the initial assessments, run sessions with our resources, arrange and hold all periodic meetings and reviews, complete all reports and feedback final sessions. We know that outomes are important to you, so we also use a range of child-friendly and standardised outcome measures.
Our range of services and products support children, young people, families, and professionals, and provide:
1:1 Sessions
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one-stop service
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children and young people aged 3-19 years
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fully-funded or low cost for disadvantaged families
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creative counselling and play therapy sessions
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talk-based, as well as creative and play-based
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Play Pack for child or young person for home use
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all session resources provided
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family, infant and sibling support
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personalised and developmentally appropriate
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flexible options - evenings, weekends and breaks
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face to face and telehealth - phone and online
Play Packs
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used by school, health and care organisations
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quality, low-cost sensory, regulatory resources
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suitable for children, young people and adults
Training and Self Care Packages
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personalised support & training for families
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tailored support & training for professionals
Affiliate Links
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quality goods
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from well-known child and baby stores
Play Packs
We sell quality sensory resources for use with children and young people, or young to elderly adults
Do you work with children, or the care sector and need good quality hand-held sensory integration and regulatory manipulation resources at affordable prices?
Play Packs vary, but typically are:
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pocket and palm sized
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sensory and regulatory resources
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stress balls, squeeze and orb balls
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stretch toys and fidget toys
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magic putty and mini play doh
We use 100% biodegradable cello Play Pack bags
Training and Self-care and Wellbeing Packages
We provide support for businesses and organisation who want additional mental health support and training
Did you know, your Training Packages provide longer-term sessions and support when it's needed for local families?
We reinvest all surplus to provide fully-funded sessions for local disadvantaged children, young people and families.
You can also pre-book sessions for the upcoming year. We offer:
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specialised mental health and emotional wellbeing training and support
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family mental health and wellbeing support and training packages
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self-care and wellbeing packages
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tailored packages specific to your needs
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practical strategies and resources
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Play Packs and training materials included
Support us through a donation or gift
Donate directly through Cocoon Kids CIC's GoFundMe page and PayPal Donate
Every penny goes towards providing fully-funded and low cost sessions for local disadvantaged children and young people.
Other ways to support us
You can support us, just by shopping!
We've partnered with easyfundraising, a free-to-give at no extra cost to you site that has over 7100 shops and brands, from food and clothes shops like Tesco and Matalan, as well as toys, takeaways, travel and hotels, car insurance and many more!
Shop with easyfundraising through our link below and they'll donate and provide our fully-funded sessions - without it costing you a single penny. You can even collect your Nectar and loyalty card points still, too. With broadband and phone deals, as well as large electricals when you need them, you're sure to find the perfect item for your needs - and your donation will soon add up.
As a not-for-profit all donations go towards session costs for fully-funded and low cost sessions for local families.
Fundraise for us
Can you help us to raise our much needed funds to provide fully-funded counselling and therapy sessions for local children and young people?
Do you have a great idea, which will help? Maybe you've already raised money and want to put into out GoFundMe page and tell us about it, so we can share it on our website and social media?
Please get in touch and tell us what you would like to do, or have already done...
we would love to hear from you if you'd like to fundraise for us!
Donate new and pre-loved items
Got something new that you think we may use? Want to stop your good quality, lightly used pre-loved items going to landfill? Recently upcycled something, and not sure what to do with it?
Recycle by donating good quality items to us directly.
We are a not-for-profit organisation - the children and families that we work with rely on your invaluable support.
Click on the link below to find out more about how you can help them.
Thank you, from the Helene and all the Cocoon Kids CIC team xx xx