Clear Sky is a leading provider of Play & Creative Arts Therapy services for schools, professionals and families.
Please watch our short film to find out more about our work
A huge thank you to Big Picture Charity Films and Long Wittenham Primary School for your help in creating this film.
Why use
Clear Sky?
We use a holistic approach working with parents, teachers and other childcare practitioners; whilst keeping the child and play at the heart of everything we do.
We support children with
Play & Creative Arts
Therapy sessions and
provide training
for teachers
We provide training
for therapists
and other professionals
We offer parents
and carers skills to
support their child’s
emotional wellbeing
The children we support
Elise's Story
Elise is 10 years old with 2 teenage sisters. The girls haven’t seen their dad in 5 years due to him serving a prison sentence. They live at home with their mum, who they absolutely adore, though mum struggles with drug and alcohol dependency.
One night, everything changed. A car pulled up outside of the house and the children were taken from home and moved into seperate foster care homes across the county. Elise protested and reached for her sisters in fear, not understanding why they couldn’t stay together.
Elise felt confused and abandoned. Where was mum? Why couldn’t they be together? She didn’t understand why the people who were supposed to love her had let this happen.
Elise struggled to trust her foster carers. She kept waiting for mum to come back, for things to return to normal. The uncertainty was overwhelming – nothing felt permanent or safe anymore.
Benji's Story
Benji is 7 years old. He lives with his mum, dad and sister Nancy. Benji enjoys school and is popular with a good group of friends.
Benji was looking forward to a family holiday when they received devastating news. Despite successful treatment 5 years ago, mum’s cancer had returned. In just 3 short months, Benji’s mum became very ill and sadly died.
Benji’s whole world was turned upside down. He felt so sad and angry, pushing his dad, sister and friends away. If he couldn’t be with his mum, he wouldn’t be with anyone. He was scared of losing more people he loved.
Benji became increasingly withdrawn. His family worried as he struggled with feelings he couldn’t understand or express. The bright, sociable boy they knew seemed lost behind his grief and fear.
News
Clear Sky launches our Emotionally Healthy Schools Platform!
We are so excited to have launched our new Emotionally Healthy Schools platform to all of our Clear Sky partner schools. Developed by ... Read more »
Courses
Our courses in play
Mentoring
We offer online mentoring for all our Attachment Play Practitioners who have completed Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP), Baby Bonding or Heart to Heart training. Read more →
Fundraising for Good
'Fundraising for Good', the ultimate guide to kickstart YOUR fundraising efforts to help deliver projects that benefit your local community and wider society. Read more →
Parent Child Attachment Play (PCAP) for Parents and Carers
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) helps parents to strengthen the relationship between themselves and their children through dedicated weekly play times to reduce emotional and behavioural challenges. Read more →
Heart to Heart for Parents and Carers
Heart to Heart is based on the latest attachment research which shows that supporting the parent-child attachment relationship sets the scene for the best outcomes for children right into adulthood. Read more →
Baby Bonding for Parents and Carers
Baby Bonding is a very effective preventative and early help attachment programme for parents and carers, and their babies. Read more →
Playful Parents Services for Schools
A relaxed series of workshops for a group of 6 – 8 parents commissioned by schools, social care teams, children’s centres or other organisations and help strengthen their relationship with their child. Read more →
Supporting Children’s Mental Health Through Play INSET Training
This course provides theoretical understanding of trauma and attachment and gives strategies to support children in the classroom. Read more →
Adult Child Attachment Play (ACAP) Professional CPD
Adult-Child Attachment Play (ACAP) is an innovative early help model that focuses on strengthening the adult/carer – child relationship. Read more →
Baby Bonding Professional CPD
Baby Bonding is an early help programme that guides and empowers parents and carers to develop secure relationships with their babies. Read more →
Heart to Heart Professional CPD
Heart to Heart is suitable for practitioners working closely with parents/carers of children/teens (or other adult). Practitioners can deliver this in 1:1, in groups or through a home-visiting model. Training is split across two approximate age ranges: 5-9 and 10-15 years. Read more →
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) Professional CPD
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) is an innovative early help model that focuses on strengthening the parent/carer (or other adult) – child relationship. Read more →
Reports
Impact Report 2023-2024
Our Annual Impact Report provides a snapshot of the spectrum of our work and recognises the support of our generous funders and community friends.
Clear Sky are hosts of the Oxfordshire Schools Mental Health and Wellbeing Network. For more details, please visit their website.
Our charity credentials
