How it works
How the Pay It Forward Protocol works.
For five years Dave worked as an NHS contractor, developing training programmes informed by lived experience. That included self-harm interventions in local secondary schools, and the life-changing outcomes that followed.
Corporate speaking funds that work. Not as a side project, but as a structural commitment baked into every booking. When an organisation brings Dave in for their people, children in local schools get four hours of education on mental health for every hour the organisation paid for.
It is single, simple maths. It means the people who need the conversation most are never the ones who can least afford it.
Where the hours land
Schools Dave has worked with so far.
Every school on this list has hosted Dave for pastoral, PSHE or self-harm intervention work. The list grows with every corporate booking.
- Penwortham Girls' High School, Preston
- Upholland High School, Lancashire
- Albany Academy, Chorley
- Ormskirk School, Ormskirk
- Shaftesbury High School, Chorley
- St Cecilia's RC High School, Longridge
- Burscough Priory Academy, Burscough
Testimonials
What people say after the room quietens down.
“What struck me was how natural and confident Dave is on stage, and how openly he talks about his own struggles. He lets the emotion show, and that's what makes it hit. I left with genuine advice and insight, not just a good talk.”
Matthew Booth
Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself
“I didn't expect for it to resonate so deeply with my own thoughts and experiences. I left with plenty to ponder and very keen to learn more about myself, with Dave's guidance.”
Dave V
Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself
Book Dave
Your booking funds this work.
Book Dave for your organisation and fund four hours of mental health education in a local school for every hour of corporate work.