What We Do

We are dedicated to transforming how we think about mental health and how we nuture and build psychological fitness.

We train teachers to teach our Healthy Minds curriculum. A practical, preventative, tried and tested approach that teenagers need, and teachers love to teach.

Healthy Minds will become an integral part of our Personal Development programme as we build our student’s confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy. The Bounce Forward programme will help to facilitate the development of skills and qualities that will enable our students to become independent and thrive in society.

Clare Lewis

Bridgwater & Taunton College Trust

Over 16 years experience

Being a teenager has never been more challenging. Mental health symptoms in teenagers are rising. Our focus is prevention, not crisis management. The need is urgent, for all teenagers.

Adolescence, a crucial developmental turning point, is the best time to learn psychological fitness. We know that 50% of lifelong mental health problems start by the age of 14. 

We base our approach and training on solid research, theory and evidence

We teach skills and strategies that work in the real world

The adults matter: their role is vital in helping children and young people to be mentally resilient and thrive

Good quality teaching and learning

Our Healthy Minds curriculum provides one lesson a week for five years for 11 – 16-year-olds.

Healthy Minds is the most evidenced based life skills programme of its kind. Evidenced by the Education Endowment Foundation, by tracking 10,000 teenagers over 5 years. 

Imagine a place where teenagers spend 70 hours, over their secondary school journey learning about mental resilience and emotional wellbeing, in a relevant, engaging and thoughtful way! 

 

Some examples of the seventy, one-hour lessons that build psychological fitness are:

  • How the brains work.
  • How to spot and deal with unhelpful, damaging, negative thoughts
  • How to set rules in relationships
  • How to speak up, and take responsibility for feelings and actions
  • How to stop catastrophising and calm down</b>
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