Rachel Rayner Burden Basket and Hope Project Founder

Mental health support & training provider for children and young people

Empowering schools to provide support for vulnerable or troubled children

The Burden Basket is a mental health service provider for children and young people. We specialise in support for staff helping vulnerable, troubled children and young people in school settings. We also offer online support for parents or professional supervision/debriefing for school staff.

Founded in 2012 in Burton, The Burden Basket’s HOPE Project (Helping Our Pupils’ Emotions) was created to equip teachers and support staff with the tools to understand and support young people’s mental health.

Since then, our impact has grown—reaching schools across Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.

👉 Want to learn how the Burden Basket can support your school?
We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch today to explore how we can work together.

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Mental Health Counselling and Therapy Services for Children and Families

Therapy

A safe place to talk and improve emotional wellbeing

It’s completely normal to feel unsure about counselling or therapy—many people wonder if it will truly make a difference. At The Burden Basket, we’re here to show you that it can.

We offer compassionate, professional therapeutic support for a wide range of challenges, including:

  • Grief and loss
  • Divorce and family changes
  • Trauma and emotional distress
  • Parenting and relationship issues
  • Social difficulties and stress
    …and more.

We work with children and young people (under 18), families, and adults (18+), tailoring our approach to meet your unique needs.

🕊️ Start with a Free 15-Minute Consultation

Let’s talk—no pressure, no commitment.
Call us today to find out how we can support you or someone you care about.

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Mental Health training for teachers and staff

Mental heath support training

Essential training to help teachers and businesses to provide mental health support

The Burden Basket provides mental health training for schools, businesses and charities

By helping mental health problems early on, it can prevent mental health crises, improve productivity and improve overall wellbeing.

The training courses The Burden Basket is offering will cover crucial mental health concerns in a practical, understandable way. More importantly, it will provide tools, advice and strategies to help.

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Burden Basket and Hope Project Events

Upcoming events

Follow the link below to our events calendar.

Upcoming Events

Testimonials

Find out what our clients think of our support services

Feedback

Teacher Feedback from a Hope High School in Burton

The Hope Project has undoubtedly made a difference to students, which in turn has an impact on their parents and schools. It makes a difference to students knowing that they have allocated time ,which is dedicated to them, where they are listened to carefully and given one-to-one support and advice. The fact that The Hope Project worker is someone who is attached to our school, I believe, makes it easier for students to talk to them. The Hope Project is valuable in that it provides schools with another avenue of support.

Feedback from a Hope SENCO Primary School

Because we have several pupils with various difficulties, who are perhaps not quite in need of CAMHS service but are in need of some level of help, we wanted to be able to help them in school as they were finding it difficult to focus on learning when there were other things going on in their heads.

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