MINDS AHEAD CIC

This programme helps young people learn the many skills that can help them to be resilient. The programme was designed with a teacher guide for teachers to deliver across the four nations of the UK. Minds Ahead managed an iterative process ensuring a wide-ranging focus group feedback when reviewing draft content. We designed it to be delivered through scenario-based discussion and relatable topics, such as ‘social pressures’ and ‘exam stress’, for Bloom to leave young people with a better understanding of mental health in themselves and others. Students will also possess a suite of tools they can deploy in ways which are right for their own mental health both now and in the future. The topics include resilience, exam pressure, friendships (bullying, conflict), social pressures, decisions about the future, managing stress and work-life balance. A pilot is now being run across the four nations to support the full roll out and delivery of the programme in 2021.