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For funders

Help us connect children who need support with the funders who can make it happen.

Designed to be free to every family and every school, so that every child, whatever their family’s income, can get a private ADHD assessment, a support plan and two years of support. Your funds make this possible.

To support one young person from Year 6 to the end of Year 8, the full programme costs £5,756.80. You could fund a whole place, one part of it, or a group. If you are not a funder but know someone who funds work for young people in North London, you can help by making the introduction.

What one place covers

£5,756.80

for one young person, across two years

  1. £1,900

    ADHD assessment

    What it is.
    A full ADHD assessment by a specialist provider. We arrange it. We do not diagnose.
    Why this price.
    Cheaper assessments are available. We chose this one because it is in person, with a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, and it includes the Conners 4 assessment, a full ADHD report with a personalised treatment plan, and a discussion of treatment. A video assessment costs £1,400, but a two-hour video call needs a quiet room, a device and a steady connection, which not every family has.

  2. £1,600

    Twelve CBT sessions

    What it is.
    An initial assessment (£100), then twelve sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a talking therapy, at £125 each, with an outside therapist accredited by the BABCP and matched to the young person’s specific ADHD profile. The BABCP’s register is public.
    Why it is there.
    The NHS website says talking therapies such as CBT “might be recommended to help a child or young person with ADHD with problem solving and expressing their feelings”.

  3. £1,140

    Mentoring visits

    What it is.
    A visit every two weeks in term time through Years 7 and 8 (38 visits at £30) from our mentor, a qualified Level 4 therapeutic counsellor with lived experience. Practical help, and a regular check on the young person’s wellbeing. Weekly visits (76, £2,280) where funding allows.
    Why it is there.
    It is designed to give the young person one regular person, outside their family and the school’s SENCO team, to talk things through with, all through Years 7 and 8.

  4. £500

    Nature trips

    What it is.
    Two days out in the school holidays: one between Year 6 and Year 7, and one between Year 7 and Year 8.
    Why it is there.
    It is designed to give the young person time with their mentor away from the classroom.

  5. £616.80

    Coordination

    What it is.
    12% of the four parts above (£5,140): arranging the assessment, matching the therapist, writing the support plan with the school’s SENCO, checking in every half term, and the written handover at the end of Year 8.

Ways to fund

Every way to fund adds the 12% coordination to the parts it covers, and each card shows the sum.

  • The assessment

    £2,128

    £1,900 assessment + £228 coordination

    One young person gets a full ADHD assessment.

  • The assessment and therapy

    £3,920

    £3,500 + £420 coordination

    The assessment, then twelve CBT sessions.

  • The assessment, therapy and mentoring

    £5,196.80

    £4,640 + £556.80 coordination

    Everything above, with mentoring visits every two weeks.

  • The full programme

    £5,756.80

    £5,140 + £616.80 coordination

    All four parts, for one young person, from Year 6 to the end of Year 8.

You can fund one part, one young person or a whole group. Different funders can fund different parts.

How your money is looked after

Spent only on what it was given for.

Our intention is that money given for Robur.Connect is kept separate in our accounts and spent only on the purpose it was given for.

Checked by the board.

Our intention is that any payment over £500 needs written approval from two members of our proposed board, and that the board reviews the accounts every quarter. This is the intended direction, subject to professional sign off.

Reported back.

We intend our board to review a progress report every quarter, and to publish a report every year.

Measured, not guessed.

We intend to track each young person's wellbeing with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), alongside their school attendance, suspensions and exclusions.

Where we are now.

No young person has been through the programme yet. Your funding is what starts the first group.

A school playground with the school building behind it

Will you help?

Fund a place, fund one part, or introduce us to someone who funds work with children and young people. Tell us what you would like to support and we will send you the detail.

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