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The Up2U® suite of behaviour‑change programmes provides practitioners with clear, trauma‑informed, relational interventions for working with individuals, couples and families experiencing difficulties in their lives and relationships. Each programme is designed to be practical, accessible and grounded in real‑world practice — supporting safer conversations, stronger engagement and meaningful change.
Developed by our founder, Amy Ford, Up2U® has grown from a local innovation in Portsmouth to a nationally recognised approach used across England and Scotland. Over 400 practitioners have been trained in the model, contributing to hundreds of successful outcomes for the people they support.
Up2U® programmes are built on the belief that behaviour change happens when people feel:
Every programme integrates:
The result is a suite of interventions that practitioners can use immediately and confidently — even in complex, emotionally charged or high‑risk contexts.
Up2U® has demonstrated:
The programmes continue to evolve, shaped by research, practitioner feedback and real‑world experience.
Because it is:
Up2U® meets people where they are — and helps them move forward safely, at a pace that feels achievable.
| Programme | Target Client Group |
|---|---|
| Up2U: Family Practice® (Up2U: FP®) developed in 2019/20 (updated 2025) | For adults, parents/carers, children and young people who have unhealthy relationships, unhealthy patterns of behaviours and/or struggle with emotional recognition and regulation. This can be used with parents/carers in the Children and Families sector and with adults (with no or grown-up children) in Adult Services including Mental Health and Recovery/Addiction services. |
| Up2U: Youth® developed in 2021 (updated 2025) | For children and young people who: • are at risk of/involved in offending, violence or criminal exploitation • use unhealthy or abusive behaviours towards their parents/carers, siblings, peers, in romantic relationship; and/or school refusal • are impacted by unhealthy or abusive behaviours and may present as vulnerable, with low confidence or self-esteem • have issues with trust and emotional regulation • struggle with school attendance and present with school refusal |
| Up2U®: Managing Emotions and Relationships (Justice Services) developed in 2023 | For people involved in the Criminal Justice system who may struggle with healthy relationships, recognising and regulating emotions, poor communication and conflict management and/or unhealthy pattens of thinking. |
| Up2U®: Creating Healthy Relationships (Up2U®: CHR) developed in 2014 Up2U®: Creating Healthy Relationships 2 (Up2U®: CHR2) developed in 2023 | For people (perpetrators) who accept they use unhealthy, abusive, violent and/or controlling behaviours in their intimate partner relationships and want to change. Suitable for males, females, LGBTQ+, people in co-abusive relationships age 16+ |
| Up2U®: My Choice (Up2U®: MC) developed in 2017 | For people who have experienced domestic abuse (victims) who struggle to regulate their emotions and/or use unhealthy behaviours in their relationships |
Up2U: Creating Healthy Relationships delivery in Renfrewshire Council Criminal Justice Team won the 2017 Scottish Social Services Award for ‘Making Research and Evidence Real’.
Up2U: Creating Healthy Relationships was cited as a Key Strength in the Ofsted 2019 Joint Area Child Protection Inspection.
All Up2U programmes can be adapted to meet the needs of different client groups.
Bespoke programmes can be developed if the needs of the current programmes are not addressed.
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