Who We Are

TheSPACE was established in 2000.

Fellside Middle School and Fellside Upper School (previously known as Woodlands) are part of a residential therapeutic community, incorporating Schools and Children's Homes. Upper School can accommodate nine young people (both male and female) between the ages of 12-19 years. Middle School can accommodate five young people (both male and female) between the ages of 8-12 years. All young people live with us for up to fifty-two weeks in the year.

We have, in the centre of the town in Kendal, developed a Human Givens therapy, education and training centre. TheSPACE/Human Givens Consultancy (The Centre) will provide a base for staff professional development as well as a practice base for Human Givens therapy for members of the public. We are also developing a comprehensive training programme for Health and Education professionals, and a national consultancy service in relation to organisational health and development in line with the Human Givens Charter.

The above forms a part of 'TheSPACE', and an overall vision for developing people's capacity for meeting their individual physical and emotional needs.

We all have these basic physical and emotional needs, such as the need for attention, love, security, connection and control, and the self-esteem which arises from competence and being stretched in our lives. Nature also gave us the resources to meet such needs, which include a long-term memory, imagination, problem-solving abilities, self-awareness and a range of different thinking styles to use in various situations. It is these needs and resources (which are built into our biology) that together make up the 'Human Givens'; and it is the quality of the way these needs are met that determines the physical and emotional health of any individual. Working to ensure we meet the Human Givens of all within the community is at the very core of all we do within TheSPACE.

Our selection and admission procedure, with a focus on what we refer to as 'join up', has allowed us to establish a settled, happy group of young people who feel that they belong here. They are a very special group and make our community a very special place.