When relationships with children or adults feel confusing, complex or under pressure,
and everyone seems to be giving different advice,
I Matter helps you make sense of what is happening
so you can feel more prepared to respond with clarity and confidence - at home or at work.
Why this matters now
Many of the challenges people face in home life, schools, workplaces and communities are not new — but they are increasingly complex and fast-moving. This impacts relationships everywhere.
Under pressure, communication becomes harder, patterns repeat, and situations can quickly feel confusing or difficult to navigate.
Most people have never been explicitly taught how to understand what is happening in relationships, or how to respond in ways that reduce escalation and improve outcomes.
As a result, capable and caring professionals, parents and individuals are often left relying on instinct in situations that require clearer understanding.
What we do
There is no shortage of relationship advice around. What many people lack is a clear way to make sense of that advice in real-life situations.
I Matter helps professionals, parents-carers and individuals make better sense of relationships under pressure and navigate conflicting advice so they can think more clearly and respond with greater clarity, effectiveness, and confidence in everyday life and work.
Through a structured learning approach, I Matter brings together ideas from relationship health, communication, mental health, child development and systems thinking into practical learning for real-life situations.
Our Small Steps Approach
Meaningful change usually happens in small, practical steps.
The I Matter Relationship Health Online Learning Journey supports people to progress understanding and skills steadily and intentionally by
- Learning the I Matter framework
- applying ideas in real life
- reflecting on what works
- building confidence through practice
The goal is active learning through application and reflection over time.
What Learning Looks Like
The I Matter Learning Journey combines:
- short videos and guided explanations of foundation ideas
- reflection and practical exercises
- real-life examples and scenarios
- small-step routines and strategies
- optional live support and community pathways
Ways to Begin
Choose the route that best fits your situation:
- start free
- join independently
- or access through an organisation
Start small. Learn deeply. Build insights and skills that last.
EXPLORE FREELY
Free Introduction to Relationship Health
Free resources and youtube channel
A short, simple introduction to help you understand:
What relationship health is
Why it matters in everyday life
How the I Matter approach works
Designed to orient you to the issues
FREE AND LOW COST
Varied content to start your learning
LEARN INDEPENDENTLY
The I Matter Learning Journey
A structured self-paced learning pathway:
Understand relationships and stress
Respond more calmly and effectively
Build confidence in real-life situations
Apply the I Matter Five Steps process
Includes:
Core I Matter Framework learning
Practical tools to support reflection
LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE
A flexible learning journey with different ways to begin and progress
VIA ORGANISATIONS
Join via Your School, GP, or Organisation
Assisted access to:
Core learning materials
Workforce development pathways
Family learning pathways
Practitioner-supported learning
Local learning communities
Speak to your local professionals
ASSISTED ACCESS
With varied levels of study support
What I Matter helps you do
I Matter is an educational relationship health framework and learning approach — not a therapy service.
It is a way of making sense of relationships under pressure so you can feel more prepared in everyday life and work.
It supports professional learning (CPD) and helps parents, carers and individuals build clearer understanding of what is happening in relationships — especially when things feel confusing or difficult.
Understanding I Matter helps you:
- Make sense of confusing or repeated relationship patterns
- Notice early signs of stress and escalation
- Understand what is happening beneath behaviour and communication
- Respond more calmly and effectively under pressure
- Build confidence in everyday professional and personal situations
Why this matters
I Matter draws on research from:
child development
mental health
communication and relationships
family and systems thinking
It brings this together into a practical learning approach designed for real-life situations.
I Matter is not trying to replace well-evidenced approaches, instead it aims to provide a way of making sense of the shared conclusions so that joined up thinking can be more effective and impactful to help families.
Who it’s for
I Matter is for people who want to feel more prepared for:
- professional roles involving children, families or adults
- parenting and caring responsibilities
- leadership and people-facing work
- complex or emotionally demanding situations
It also supports reflection when you want to step back, make sense of what is happening, and respond more intentionally.
For organisations
I Matter offers a practical, affordable way to:
- build shared understanding across teams
- strengthen prevention-focused approaches
- support workforce development
- reduce pressure through earlier, clearer understanding
I Matter is also an active development project - are you interested in contributing?
Help shape the next stages of the I Matter Learning Journey.
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I Matter Training
The Kendal Integrated Care Community has adopted the I Matter Framework as a foundation for how we work together to support people who are struggling. Professionals and non-professionals are learning together.
Dr Amy Lee , GP Safeguarding Lead Kendal Integrated Care Community
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I Matter Training
We are working with increasingly complex and unmet needs in schools. I Matter helps give structure, shared language, and a foundation for working with families in a more connected way.
School Leader , Pastoral Roles, Class Teacher and Parent
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I Matter Training
Considering adults’ needs alongside children’s needs has been transformative. I realised how much my own stress was affecting my family, and that changing this changes everything.
Parent , Parent of teenager with challenges
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I Matter Training
I Matter has influenced my work and home life in very practical ways — from professional practice to parenting and business decisions. It has changed how I understand myself, and my clients, in relationships under pressure.
Independent Psychotherapist , Parent and Small Business Owner
53 Stramongate
Kendal
La94BH
United Kingdom
