Funding
WEST
The work was funded by the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys via a Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS). Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS 2) is a pan-Wales higher-level skills initiative led by Bangor University on behalf of the Higher Education sectors in Wales. It is partly funded by the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys. KESS 2 monitor the student’s progress but did not have a role in the conduct of the study and did not contribute to the preparation of this manuscript.Delivery of the Guide Cymru and the randomised control trial was supported by a grant to Action for Children from the Welsh Government. Welsh Government provided this funding as a Sect. 64 grant as part of their Mental Health and Vulnerable groups workstream to Action for Children. The funder monitored the progress of the research through regular reports but did not have a role in the conduct of the study and did not contribute to the preparation of this manuscript.