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LT4U

Listening Time4U (LT4U) our free, confidential and easily accessible 1:1 listening available for both young people and adults. LT4U in schools is provided by a LWS Registered Listener.

LT4U is NOT a counselling service but it can prevent concerns and anxieties growing and becoming more serious.

There continues to be an identified gap in prevention and early intervention services across Scotland. LWS’ unique service can help to fill that gap, freeing up spaces for those who need more medical or mental health expertise.

Listening Matters

Times of concern, anxiety, fear and sadness are a normal part of life but they often make us feel physically and/or mentally unwell.

Talking concerns over with a registered listener helps to normalise young peoples’ experience, so that they can better understand their feelings, find their own solutions and make their own decisions. This helps to build their resilience and sense of self-worth.

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Everyone matters. YOU matter.

Everyone’s story and feelings matter.

YOUR story and feelings matter.

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With YOUR help to sustain the charity’s life span, Listen Well Scotland can make a greater impact on mental wellbeing through its two distinct prevention and early intervention services:

Listening Training Programme offers a range of listening courses for adults and young people.
1:1 free, confidential listening service – Listening Time4U is available in-person, by video or by phone.

Your generosity, no matter how small, will make a real difference to the wellbeing of both young people and adults across Scotland.

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“The gift of effective listening is timeless in a fast-changing world. This has huge appeal.” (Course Participant)

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Let's Get Listening Course

"I think that this course has the power to have significant impact on learners and staff in my school at any time but particularly as we face the challenges of covid-19. The impact that a listening culture could have on the mental health of all within our establishment cannot be underestimated and should be rolled out in all schools across the country!" (Head Teacher)

"This training is very thought provoking and in a work setting – particularly with young children, the need to listen fully and the impact this has on developing relationships should not be underestimated." (Teacher)

"I feel I will be a more valuable peer." (Course Participant)

"It has been very useful in providing a good model for what listening is." (Course Participant)

Course Participant

"I feel that there are invaluable lessons contained within this course that really give the learner the ability to practise listening in a way that is of value." (Course Participant)

Listen Well Award

"We are very aware of the issues around poor mental health for our young people and, often, lack of resources for them to tap in to. Where resources are available there are long waiting lists to be seen. There was something positive about empowering young people with the skills to support each other." (Teacher)

"I found that practising the actual listening and speaking itself was helpful as at the beginning of the course I did not realise how powerful both listening and talking to someone could be. It was only when I actually tried things and practised this that I realised the power this has and how much better it can make you feel." (Pupil)

LWS Course

"Good listening is not about offering advice and solutions. In fact this can be counterproductive. I was impressed by how the complex and elusive issue of effective listening was tackled and made easy to understand." (GP)

"The gift of effective listening is timeless in a fast-changing world. This has huge appeal." (Course Participant)

"I have learnt to accept myself more and with this acceptance I will be a better listener. This is the best course I have ever attended. The content was very relevant." (Course Participant)

"I thought I was a good listener until I came on this course." (Course Participant)

"I found this course to be extraordinary in a very positive way at many levels, even when difficult areas were addressed. This course would be beyond beneficial for anyone involved in health and social care……. and should be part of any employee’s induction in whatever field they are employed!" (Course Participant)

"Everyone could benefit from listening properly to others." (Course Participant)

"An easy to follow course with an excellent range of teaching materials. The handouts are a really good resource and well laid out." (Course Participant)

"Thank you for developing an ONLINE course. Being able to complete this in my own time has been such a gift!" (Course Participant)

"It is an excellent, well-structured foundation course in listening but also encourages reflection on one’s own life and experiences leading to self-development as a person and as a listener." (Course Participant)

"I deeply appreciate your compassion and skill as you’ve walked with me and helped me endure the difficult journey to this point. What you do is special, more special than perhaps you know. Thank you." (Recipient of LT4U)

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