What is Growing Confidence? The City of Edinburgh Council's Growing Confidence project offers a programme of support in schools to promote positive mental health and emotional well-being.Funded principally by the Big Lottery Fund and supported extensively by Standard Life the Growing Confidence project has responded to research which has found that healthy mental and emotional development is fostered by protective experiences including:
|  "The greatest wealth is health"
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Experienced practitioners are being brought together to develop, pilot and deliver programmes and training to meet our project outcomes working in four key areas: children, staff, parents & carers and the wider community as part of the growing confidence holistic model (available at bottom of page).
Why is this work important?
Mental health and well-being impacts on all aspects of our lives. Research shows that positive mental health contributes to the economic, human and social development of every society. The World Health Organisation clearly identifies improving mental health as a priority for all governments and Scotland is demonstrating its commitment to this through strategies and policies such as Mentally Flourishing Scotland, Getting It Right For Every Child and the Curriculum for Excellence.
For more information about the work of Growing Confidence please contact us.
