Empowering young people to make positive change
We design and run long-term school partnerships that create lasting culture change and deliver character education to young people.
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A message from Graham, humanutopia's Founding Director
humanutopia is a top-tier UK provider offering long-term partnerships with schools.
Our work strengthens wellbeing, behaviour, confidence, and leadership, creating sustainable change across whole school communities. Our partnerships are designed to grow with your school — evolving over time to support students, staff, and leadership at every stage.
Improved Behaviour
74%
of students want to make changes to their behaviour
Reducing low level disruption to
learning as we help your young people understand why they act the way they do and begin to regulate their own behaviour
Better Engagement
83%
of students want to work harder in school
From the hardest to reach, high prior attainers and those who show aparthy towards school, our programmes help your young people feel more confident and take ownership of their education and life.
Raised Aspirations
94%
of students feel more confident about their future
Our young people can and deserve to have an amazing future. Our programmes help them get excited about it, dream big… and work out how to get there!
“Our humanutopia day has been fantastic. The feeling as students left was such positivity about the next few months, feeling empowered to do something about it and take control”
Vic Goddard, CEO PCLC
Our programmes have made a difference to over
600,000 students
in over a thousand schools across the world.
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Whole day for a whole year group
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3 powerful sessions around the barriers, mindset and the future
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Students come away feeling
confident, committing to tangible changes they need to make -
Perfect for a drop down day
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Follow up resources to support
beyond an initial day -
Use alone or part of a sustainable package
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Full day for all of Year 11
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Interactive sessions that will challenge students to reflect on their mindset to the next few months, and the bigger picture
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Students feel more positive about the next few months, want to take advantage of support and have a better sense of direction for their future
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Can be used to tie in with mock exams
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Follow up resources available
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Sustainable peer mentoring programme led by young people
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Input with at least two year groups
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Volunteers from an older year group become “heroes” role models and mentors for younger students
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Even the harder to reach and more vulnerable students take part
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Can be used with you existing programme or we can help you build one
Our work sits within long-term partnerships that allow learning to deepen, relationships to strengthen, and impact to compound over time.
Why long-term partnerships work
Through long-term partnerships, schools see deeper and more sustainable outcomes because:
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Learning is revisited, reinforced, and embedded over time
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Students develop confidence, resilience, and emotional regulation progressively
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Staff and leaders grow alongside students, creating shared language and consistency
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Culture change is supported across year groups, staff teams, and leadership
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Impact compounds year after year
This approach allows schools to move beyond short-term fixes and create meaningful, lasting change across their community.
Example experiences
A focused partnership designed to establish shared language, introduce core tools, and create immediate positive shifts in wellbeing, behaviour, and engagement.
A deeper partnership allowing learning to evolve over time, strengthening student confidence, staff practice, leadership capacity, and whole-school culture through consistent reinforcement.
A long-term partnership supporting students and staff through key developmental stages, embedding resilience, leadership, and positive behaviour across the life of the school community. (Often used to span the full journey of a secondary student — one example of how this model can be applied.)
All tiers include student programmes, staff development, leadership support, mentoring, and culture work — tailored to your school’s context and goals.
"Thank you, because of you I feel like I can change my self for better."
"I wanted to become a Hero because when I was in Year 7 I was very anti-social. Personally I think I'm helping them find self-confdience."
"I have never felt so much love, trust, and realisation."
"I think I could be a Hero one day so I can help people realize who they are and not what other people think they are."
"I am generally not a confident person but now I feel like I could go and do anything."
"To this day, I cherish the memories that Humanutopia have left behind for me!"
"I’ve really grown my public speaking skills and confidence way more due to the sessions I’ve been in and in becoming a hero. "
"I felt like giving up on making myself proud, but this seminar was a wake-up call that I will keep with me always."
"Graham has just continuously opended my eyes and this time it's put me on the right path."
What it means to be a trauma-informed company
Protect
Relate
Regulate
Reflect
At humanutopia we embody the principles learned on our training sessions from Trauma Informed Schools UK (TISUK) by building school environments rooted in safety, relational understanding, and emotional regulation. Our programmes—like the Heroes Journey peer-mentoring scheme—reflect TISUK’s emphasis on having emotionally available adults, recognizing how trauma shows up in behaviour, and creating consistency and predictability in relationships and routines. We train our staff and students alike in recognising triggers, regulating responses, and reflecting on their interactions, aligning with TISUK’s models such as PROTECT / RELATE / REGULATE / REFLECT and the neuroscience of child and adolescent mental health.
Furthermore, we place empowerment and student voice at its core, giving young people meaningful choice, responsibility, and agency—echoing TISUK’s value of fostering trust, agency, and collaboration. Our workshops, transparent communication, and joint planning between home and school—mirrors the TISUK approach of integrating communities in supporting children’s well-being. In doing so, we do not treat trauma as a fringe issue but weave trauma awareness into culture, policy, and practice so that all students feel seen, heard, and supported.
Addressing barriers young people face
Interactive and engaging - not an all day assembly!
Peer mentoring programmes
Students understanding themselves better
Developing Wellbeing, Belonging, and Leadership in Schools
Full day workshops
for entire cohorts
Join us in revolutionising CPD delivery
Our high-powered and high-impact staff sessions help educators reconnect with purpose, boost morale, and build stronger school communities. These inspiring teacher CPD experiences focus on student engagement, empathy, and wellbeing—creating lasting change in classrooms and culture alike.
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“humanutopia have been a consistent part of the curriculum. Together, we aim to provide our students the opportunity to explore their relationships with each other and themselves, empowering
them to have ownership over their own destinies”
Rob Grover, Principal
Nene Park Academy
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