26/11/2025
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
Margaret McManus has spent six years changing lives in Sunderland โ not just for children, but for herself too.
As a former School Nursing Sister working in schools across the North East of England, Margaret saw first-hand how stress, anxiety, and overwhelm were affecting young people. Thatโs when she first heard about Relax Kids.
โ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต,โ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด. โI๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ โ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต.โ
Margaret became a Relax Kids coach and began weaving wellbeing into her daily work with children and families. Today, she delivers 1-2-1 sessions, family groups, and small classes in schools, and supports children who are unable to attend school from home. She also works alongside Childrenโs Services to offer therapeutic support for vulnerable children.
โ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด,โ she says. โ๐๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.โ
One moment stands out as her greatest achievement.
โ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐น๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ! ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.โ
Margaretโs work not only changes lives for the children she supports โ it has transformed her own.
โBeing a Relax Kids coach has helped me with my own mental health and anxieties,โ she says. โItโs given me so many positive moments and reminders of why this work matters. I truly love what I do.โ
Margaretโs story is a beautiful reminder that calm, connection, and confidence are possible โ even in the face of challenges โ and that with heart-led support, every child has the chance to find their voice.
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