We can train you to be effective listeners in your school community.

Listen up

Our latest edition of ‘Listen up’ – the 121 Listening Service newsletter is now available, click here to read more

Listening Services

“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”— Ralph Nichols

121 Listening is a service that NISCU oversees in providing volunteers to schools for the simple task of listening to pupils in a school context.

We work alongside school pastoral teams to support the ongoing work within the school.

We take local volunteers, and train them to listen using an Active Reflective Listening model of effective listening, and then apply it specifically to a schools context.

For more information why not view our training overview

Further Resources:

Click here to access our 'Guide for parents' flyer

Click here to access our 'Guide for teachers' flyer

Current edition:

Listen Up Newsletter Spring 2026

Online copy

Printable copy (pdf)

Click here to access our 'Guide for Volunteers' flyer

Previous Listening Service Newsletters

Christmas 2025 – Online copy, Printable copy (pdf)

Summer 2025 –Online copyPrintable copy (pdf)

Spring 2025 – Online copyPrintable copy (pdf)

 

Click here to complete our Listening Service session record

We are grateful to the funders who have contributed to our Listening Service developing and operating as a free service for schools. Thank you  Seedfield Trust and Cumbria Community Foundation