We are always growing our team of creative practitioners with a rich variety of creative skills, who support our unique approach of combining Positive Psychology with Creativity, who relate well to a diverse range of children and young people, bringing out their full potential, creatively, socially and emotionally.
Positive psychology and creativity play a particularly powerful role for children from disadvantaged backgrounds because they directly address the emotional, cognitive, and social barriers these children often face. Together, they help shift focus from “what’s wrong” to “what’s strong,” which can be transformational.
In simple terms, for children from disadvantaged backgrounds:
- Positive psychology builds the inner foundation (confidence, resilience, hope)
- Creativity opens the outer world (expression, opportunity, imagination)
Together, they don’t just improve wellbeing—they expand life chances. Here’s why they are so important:
1. Building resilience in the face of adversity
Children growing up with poverty, instability, or trauma often experience chronic stress, which can affect brain development, behaviour, and learning.
✅ Together Positive Psychology and Creativity helps children not just survive adversity, but adapt and grow through it.
2. Supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing
Disadvantaged children are statistically more at risk of anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
✅ Positive Psychology and Creativity creates a protective “emotional buffer.”
3. Raising aspirations and sense of possibility
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds may have limited exposure to opportunities or role models and can develop a fixed view of what’s possible for them.
✅ Positive Psychology and Creativity is critical for breaking cycles of low aspiration and limited opportunity.
4. Enhancing learning and engagement
Traditional education can feel inaccessible or disengaging for children facing external stressors.
✅ When children are engaged and feel capable, their academic outcomes improve.
5. Strengthening relationships and social skills
Disadvantaged children may experience disrupted relationships or lack strong support networks.
✅ Positive Psychology and Creativity fosters belonging, which is essential for wellbeing and development.
6. Unlocking strengths rather than focusing on deficits
Many systems unintentionally frame disadvantaged children in terms of what they lack.
✅ Positive Psychology and Creativity can help children start to see themselves as capable and valuable – This is empowering.
7. Breaking intergenerational cycles
Long-term disadvantage is often passed from one generation to the next.
✅ Positive Psychology and Creativity develop skills that are key ingredients for changing life trajectories over time.
If you would like to join our wonderful team of highly professional, engaging, fun, creative and forward-thinking practitioner, in wonderful communities, with children, young people, families and partners organisations, then drop us a line on 01785 289 454 or email us at info@make-some-noise.com and attach a CV.
