Overview of the schools programme

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Overview of the schools...

programme structure

The free, one day Boost Programme enables young people to understand that everyone has the ability within themselves to make good life choices, no matter who they are or what their background.

For secondary schools, each topic is led by an older student (aged 16-18) and structured to include a supportive introduction, an interactive activity, group reflections, and discussions exploring how to apply self-awareness and self-understanding to current and future real-world situations.

For primary schools, we have a shorter half day version of the programme that 15 year olds (year 9s) from the local Secondary school can be trained to deliver to younger pupils aged 9 and 10 (year 5).

Boost is not only delivered in schools. It can be delivered in partnership with any organisation working with young people. To find out more please email: boost@gloucestershire.police.uk

Emotional regulation

Breathe, regulate, co-regulate, respond

Grounding yourself will help you cope better with stress and emotional situations.

Self-compassion

Treat yourself with the same kindness you would offer to your closest friend

Discovering how to be more self-compassionate including speaking as positively to ourselves as we do others.

Building relationships

Nurturing relationships through effective communication

Exploring the different kinds of relationships we have in our lives and how we might improve them through considerate communication and conversations that restore and strengthen them.

Self-care

Strength to rest, reflect and recharge

Increasing awareness of not just the benefit of taking care of our own physical health but our mental wellbeing.

Being resilient

Skillful navigation through challenges, thinking long-term about life

Understanding what it means to be resilient. The role of commitment, practice and your response to failure all play important parts.

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

I have been incredibly impressed with the resources, planning and delivery of the Boost Project. Despite the challenges to school induction presented by Covid restrictions, the project has been instrumental in helping our students settle and succeed in their new school. Thank you.

Matt Pauling

Head Teacher, Chosen Hill School

The county needs to invest in young people and be inspirational in the methods used to do so. The Boost project is inspirational, with young people teaching young people. It offers them so many skills including self-worth, self-leadership, workplace experience, in a way that they can all benefit and use in their future.

Nigel Hatten

QPM Safeguarding, Gloucestershire County Council

Dealing with things like misogyny, which is all about a lack of respect of women, is a deep seated cultural problem that needs to be addressed at all levels of our society. The BOOST programme instils amongst other things compassion, empathy, and kindness as cornerstones of human-to-human interaction and social behaviour. This will help create lasting change to the way we treat those around us. BOOST is an uplifting programme of work that deserves to succeed.

Chris Nelson

Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner