The unique Develop Your Child vision

Develop Your Child are pioneering leading edge techniques to celebrate the magnificence in children and young people.

There are millions of enlightened and empowered parents, carers, teachers, educators and professionals working with children to unleash their potential throughout the world – fantastic. Certainly in the western world there are just not enough to stem the tide of family breakdown and the crumbling of our society. We need radical and dynamic action now – step up Develop Your Child CIC a social enterprise, Every Family Matters a not for profit and it’s awesome collaborators.

Visionary leaders

A group of visionary leaders have been drawn together through their passion to create an ethos of empowerment around children and young people, to allow them to be their magnificent selves. To achieve this - a different approach is required, a whole family approach combined with coaching and emotional literacy which will stop the breakdown of family relationships and has the potential to change the fabric of our society.

There is no doubt young people are different these days, more sensitive and must manage greater pressure from external influences than previously because of the tremendously rapid rate of change in technology, population dynamics and culture. Parents and professionals working with young people need new skills. Our facilitators bring a wide range of expertise, knowledge and qualifications to ensure every family experiences transformation to provide self sustainable personal empowerment. 

Our unique approach incorporates:

1) Working with the whole family to change the dynamic
2) Using the energetic connection to allow individuals to trust their knowing, sensing, intuition etc. Dr Tanya Byron, leading clinical psychologist, who used to produce “The House of Tiny Tearaways” and parenting programmes is not doing any more as she now proposes the approach of empowering parents to trust their instincts.
3) Applying the most powerful leading edge coaching techniques combined with emotional literacy
4) Recruitment of highly talented and experienced trainers who apply their passion and add value to the work
5) Using tools that have been developed by leaders in the industry and proven their effectiveness within the family environment
6) We work as an evolving team to fulfil the vision of Develop Your Child and use our not for profit, Every Family Matters to take the work into the community.

See details of the environment we operate in, here.

Help and support for all

The birth of Develop Your Child was six years ago, we have now produced a comprehensive range of exciting programmes for young people, parents, professionals working with these groups. I have been very fortunate in getting a great deal of help from many educators, parents, children, young people, child development specialists and youth workers. I would particularly like to thank the early developers for their support and encouragement:

Dr Roger Mills, President, Health Realization Institute
Tony Robbins of Anthony Robbins Group of Companies
Margaret Opio, Director, The Blue Balloon Foundation
Diana Haskins, Parent as Coach
Derek Handy, Head of Palace Wood Junior School
Nic Fidderman, Head of Woodlands Primary School
Gary Morley and Diane Sewell, of YMCA Youth Club
Max Havis and Marion Norton, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators
Plus various coaches and particularly Clare Whiston, Juliet Platt
and Graham Taylor.

See also, Children and young people at risk, Children are our future and an interview with Colin Whitby