This work started with a question about boys and girls.

Specifically: why does the dynamic between them so often go wrong — and what would it actually take to change it?

After more than twenty years working in schools, I'd seen enough to know that the answer wasn't another assembly, another policy, or another programme that talked at boys about how they should behave. Boys don't respond to being lectured. They respond to being understood.

What I kept coming back to was this: the way boys treat the people around them — girls, peers, teachers, eventually colleagues and partners — begins with how they feel about themselves. Boys who have a secure sense of identity, genuine emotional intelligence, and the ability to connect authentically don't need to dominate or dismiss. They show up differently. In every room they enter.

That's where TCP began.

Meet Our Founder

Ellie Collin

I have a background in teaching and pastoral care spanning more than two decades, working with young people across the UK and internationally. I hold an MA in Sociology and Gender Studies, which gave me the academic grounding to understand why the patterns I was seeing in schools existed — and the research to back up what I instinctively knew about how to address them. I am also a certified life coach so I have tangible tools for creating connection with young people. I've spent years inside schools watching boys navigate adolescence, identity, and relationships — often without the language or the tools to do it well. I've also watched what happens when they're given both. The difference is remarkable. TCP is built on that experience, grounded in the work of researchers and thinkers I deeply respect — Niobe Way, Richard Reeves, Terry Real, Raewyn Connell, to name a few — and designed to work with the way boys actually think, not against it.

What TCP is

The Conneqt Projeqt is a specialist relationship education business delivering workshops, courses, and training to schools, organisations, and families.

Our work focuses on boys aged 11–18 — building the self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and relational skills that make them better students, better friends, and better people. The skills that make them resilient and collaborative in school. The skills that will make them the kind of men the world actually needs. This isn't remedial work. It's not about fixing broken boys. It's about giving every boy the conditions to become more fully himself — because when that happens, everyone around him benefits.

How we work

TCP is a small, specialist team. Workshops and programmes are delivered by trained facilitators who share the same philosophy: that boys are capable of far more connection than the world currently expects of them, and that the job is to prove it.

We work with independent and state schools across the UK and internationally. For schools and organisations who want to embed this work long-term, we offer a cost-effective train-the-trainer model — equipping your own staff to deliver TCP programmes independently, so the work lives inside your institution rather than depending on us to show up. We also work directly with families — through online courses, resources, and one-to-one coaching for parents and boys who want more personalised support. Because parents are often the most motivated people in the room, and they deserve something built for them too. Underpinning all of it is a belief we hold firmly: that this work shouldn't be available only to well-funded schools or families who can afford premium prices. Our online courses and train-the-trainer model exist because geography and budget shouldn't determine whether a boy gets access to the tools that could change his life.

Why now

The conversation about boys has never been louder — or more urgent.

A generation of young men is finding identity in increasingly extreme places, and schools and families are struggling to know how to respond. TCP offers an alternative. Not a reaction. Not a counter-narrative. A genuine foundation — built on research, on experience, and on an unshakeable belief that boys, given the right conditions, are capable of extraordinary things. This is that work.

Want to know more?

Whether you're a school looking for specialist RSHE support, or a parent trying to figure out how to reach your son — we'd love to talk.

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Why Choose The Conneqt Projeqt?

  • Content That Engages, Not Just Informs

    Both our e-learning material and in-person workshops use interactive methods that develop genuine self-awareness, critical thinking and social/emotional skill —participants don't passively receive content, they actively transform.

  • Self-Awareness Centred

    Everything we do helps people understand their thoughts, emotions, behavioural patterns, and impact on others—the foundation of all healthy relationships.

  • Curiosity Driven

    We cultivate genuine interest in others' experiences and perspectives, moving beyond assumptions to real understanding.

  • Critical Thinking Focused

    We build skills to question, analyse, and navigate complex social dynamics with nuance and wisdom.

  • Academic Rigour Meets Real-World Experience

    20+ years' frontline teaching experience combined with MA qualifications and certified coaching expertise. Research-backed content delivered with practical insight.

  • Proven Track Record

    Trusted by prestigious schools including King's College School Wimbledon, Reading Blue Coat School, and Sunningdale Prep School.