Wellbeing Dominoes for Schools

Thursday 16th October

9.30am - 3.30pm

Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, M1 1JQ

Wellbeing Dominoes is a resource, designed by Cartwheel Arts to support and enhance Wellbeing through creative activity and group work. Cartwheel Arts has over 40years' experience co-creating inclusive, creative opportunities with diverse communities, enhancing wellbeing and celebrating culture and heritage - we call this Art for a Reason.

Wellbeing Dominoes is an acclaimed creative intervention tool, developed by our experienced Art for Wellbeing Practitioners. The resource is for primary and secondary schools, as well as SEND secondary schools and colleges, to support and enhance wellbeing through creative activities and group work. Following a hugely successful partnership with Rochdale Borough Council, the majority of schools in the borough have been trained to use Wellbeing Dominoes. Cartwheel Arts is now offering this training to teachers beyond Rochdale, giving any school in greater Manchester and across the North West, the opportunity to take the first step in supporting their learners' wellbeing. See our Wellbeing Dominoes film to find out more about the resource, and how it positively impacts learners' wellbeing: Cartwheel Arts - Wellbeing Dominoes - July 2025 on Vimeo

The facts:

-69% of trained schools reported a positive increase in the participating children’s Stirling Wellbeing Scale scores, with some scores demonstrating an overall 97% increase

-Using the Stirling Children's Wellbeing Scale, the average initial score for participants was 40. After using the resource, the average final score was 48

-4 in 5 students demonstrated either a positive or maintained wellbeing scores after engaging with Wellbeing Dominoes

-Schools have reported a variety of health and wellbeing benefits from using Wellbeing Dominoes including increased self-esteem, increased ability to create and maintain social connections and increased confidence in participants’ ability to express and understand their emotions - [Wellbeing Dominoes] has definitely been really beneficial in lots of ways in our understanding of the children and their understanding of themselves...and how they're feeling', Quote from a Pastoral lead

What the training includes:

‘Training was beyond useful. Not just because of the amount of information that we were given, but for the fact that we got to try it’ - Delegate from training delivered in 2023 in parternship with Curious Minds

-A full day of training led by Cartwheel Arts' Art for Wellbeing Programme Coordinators Molly Stedman and Stacey Coughlin - the day begins with amorning of practical immersive gameplay, in which facilitators get the chance to experience the resource hands-on, followed by training on non-judgemental language, boundaries and adapting Wellbeing Dominoes to your learners

-Access to resources required to set up Wellbeing Dominoes in your school, including the high quality Wellbeing Dominoes Resource which includes cards, game board and facilitator booklet with top tips and helpful instructions

Free follow-up support:

-Once you've started failitating in your school, you will be offered a Quality Assurance visit from an experienced member of Cartwheel Arts' Art for Wellbeing Team

-After the Quality Assurance visit, you will recieve a certicate to confirm that your staff member is a qualified Wellbeing Dominoes facilitator

-Continued free support from Cartwheel Arts can be accessed once your staff member is trained