During the summer of 2021, we hosted an online retrospective with some of our young people to discuss our programmes, their needs, and collate our learnings from past delivery. They expressed a pressing need for support that specifically focuses on mental health and wellbeing.

From this discussion, the idea for Power2 Thrive emerged – an adaptation of our Teens and Toddlers programme with a focus on mental health and wellbeing.

The programme

Power2 Thrive is a 16-week early intervention centred on principles of positive psychology. Young people on the programme are empowered to identify challenges, construct a plan to overcome them, recognise strengths, contribute to their local community and be responsible for their futures by:

• Becoming mentors to nursery children, acting as role models and developing key interpersonal skills
• Taking part in classroom sessions each week to discuss learnings from mentoring, talk about mental health and develop their own toolkit relating to positive mental health and wellbeing, aspirations and attainment
• Achieving a NFCE Level 1 Award in Interpersonal Skills and identifying goals

Outcomes

Of the young people we've supported:

94%	91%	90%
increased their self-esteem.	improved their communication skills.	now know where to get support with their mental health.

"Thank you Power2 team for everything you have done with my daughter, the difference in her attitude and confidence is massive. I can’t thank you enough, you’ve given me my daughter back.”

Parent, North West

We'd love to hear from you if you're interested in running or supporting a Power2 Thrive programme.

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