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Our online MELVA game is now available for children everywhere to use - both in school and at home. This fun and creative resource is designed to help young people aged 7-11 better understand, talk about and manage their every day worries and anxieties.
Schools and Community Groups:
CLICK HERE to register your interest in group license (UNLIMITED users and in-depth session planning resources)
Parents/Carers:
visit melva.org.uk to purchase an individual account for your family (up to 4 users)
A little extra...
You can also download our free Melva’s Pandemic Worrits Resource HERE! It’s a collection of things Melva has found helpful during the pandemic and you can use it to support the children in your life when they feel worrity.
Schools and Community Groups:
CLICK HERE to register your interest in group license (UNLIMITED users and in-depth session planning resources)
Parents/Carers:
visit melva.org.uk to purchase an individual account for your family (up to 4 users)
A little extra...
You can also download our free Melva’s Pandemic Worrits Resource HERE! It’s a collection of things Melva has found helpful during the pandemic and you can use it to support the children in your life when they feel worrity.
"Brave isn't how you feel, it's what you do"
About MELVA
MELVA is a creative intervention programme for key stage two children, their teachers and families. It was designed in response to the 2017 green paper Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision.
MELVA centres around the story of a nearly-11-year-old girl, Melva Mapletree, whose struggles with anxiety, trauma and bereavement (or ‘worrits’ as she calls them), keep her from doing all exciting new things, and sometimes mean she can't even leave her house.
The aim of the MELVA programme is to use theatre, storytelling and practical activities to:
- Help young people better understand their worries and anxiety
- Provide young people, their teachers and their families with child-friendly, accessible language to talk about and deal with mental health and wellbeing
- Address mental health stigma by encouraging open conversations between young people, their peers, and the adults in their lives about worries and anxieties
The programme started life as a live performance package, and has since been developed into a digital resource - meaning that we can continue to support young people - all over the country - during the challenging circumstances of Covid-19 and beyond.
MELVA is a creative intervention programme for key stage two children, their teachers and families. It was designed in response to the 2017 green paper Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision.
MELVA centres around the story of a nearly-11-year-old girl, Melva Mapletree, whose struggles with anxiety, trauma and bereavement (or ‘worrits’ as she calls them), keep her from doing all exciting new things, and sometimes mean she can't even leave her house.
The aim of the MELVA programme is to use theatre, storytelling and practical activities to:
- Help young people better understand their worries and anxiety
- Provide young people, their teachers and their families with child-friendly, accessible language to talk about and deal with mental health and wellbeing
- Address mental health stigma by encouraging open conversations between young people, their peers, and the adults in their lives about worries and anxieties
The programme started life as a live performance package, and has since been developed into a digital resource - meaning that we can continue to support young people - all over the country - during the challenging circumstances of Covid-19 and beyond.
"Melva is simply the best drama intervention I have ever seen [...] the rewards are instant and long-lasting"
HEADTEACHER, PARTICIPATING SCHOOL
Find out more about the different MELVA resources available to schools right now:
Melva Mapletree and the Quest for Barnabas Boggle
The online MELVA game Interactive storytelling game for KS2 students and their families. |
Melva
The live stage show and in-school theatre package **This project is currently on hold until Autumn 2022** |
