Support better conversations about fatigue.
Take Charge! helps children and young people develop a language for understanding and communicating their own fatigue.
Builds understanding
Accessible explanations supported by animation, lived experience and optional deeper science.
Makes fatigue personal
Young people identify types, patterns and signs that fit their own experience.
Explores strategies
Practical options for home, school and everyday environments.
Supports self-advocacy
My Power Bank turns reflection into a concrete communication tool.
Before, during and between appointments.
Give the young person a starting point
Ask them to explore one relevant section or begin My Power Bank before review.
Use media as a conversation prompt
Watch an animation or voxpop together and ask what feels similar or different for them.
Build understanding over time
Ask the young person to try a strategy or add reflections to My Power Bank.
Suggested starting points
“They don’t really understand fatigue.”
Start with Animation 1 and Fatigue isn’t just being tired.
“They don’t notice it until they crash.”
Use Recognise it and the My Signs interaction.
“School is the main issue.”
Use Take action, then What helps at school.
“They struggle to explain fatigue to teachers.”
Use Share it, then build My Power Bank.
Clinical boundary
Take Charge! does not diagnose fatigue, identify its medical cause or replace clinical assessment, formulation or individual treatment.
My Power Bank is a communication and self-reflection tool, not a clinical assessment instrument.
Clinician resources
Short resources designed to help clinicians use Take Charge! as part of real clinical conversations and care.
Using Take Charge! in practice
Where the learning journey can fit before, during and between appointments, with suggested starting points for different clinical needs.
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Using My Power Bank
Prompts for reviewing a young person’s Power Bank, keeping their voice central, and using it as a communication tool rather than an assessment.
Preview My Power Bank →Supporting fatigue at school
Practical ideas for discussing fatigue, identifying useful adjustments and helping school teams respond consistently to a young person’s needs.
View school guide →Evidence behind Take Charge!
A concise overview of the evidence, co-design approach, current evaluation and the boundaries of what Take Charge! can currently claim.
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