Alternative Provision (AP) exists because not every young person thrives within a traditional education setting. While that reality should already be widely understood, AP across the UK is still too often viewed through narrow assumptions that fail to reflect the complexity, skill and care involved in the work.

In a world where bad news dominates, it can sometimes seem as though humans are predisposed to mock, reject, and attack fellow humans who do not conform to their own worldview.

Trauma is healed through relationships. Relationships lead to learning. This process of engagement can be interpreted as 'healing the brain'.