Welcome to the

Personal Development Programme
This programme was designed for young people who are readying themselves for the world of work. With a heavy focus on developing interpersonal skills, we are able to teach the importance of interview techniques, entrepreneurship and preparing for the world of work.
About the Programme
Programme Breakdown
An exciting and innovative part of our Raising Self-Esteem programme is our Confidence Activities. These give students the space to explore and control their emotions during a physical activity. Each week, our students are given are given time to demonstrate the skills they have learned in the session. This helps them to visualise the outcomes of positive behaviour before they implement these skills in the classroom.
Weekly activities allow students to demonstrate and explore self-esteem
Jude Simmons
Head of youth services, royal borough of Merton
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The programmes are incredible and have made a huge difference, not only in the day to day lives of the young people they are working with but also to families and
the wider community.
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Strengthening Minds are working with some of our most excluded and difficult to
engage young people, yet the course has managed to achieve great outcomes.
Marian Burke
Director of Strategic Investment,
Moat Homes
What our young people are saying
about this programme.
Measuring Impact
Helping young people secure work
The success of our Personal Development programme comes from the sense of confidence and ambition that we instil in the young people who take part in the programme. The extract below summarises the impact that this programme has on the participants.
"The programme is visionary. After ten sesesions, I know my life has changed for the better."
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Available packages for this programme


Our Training Package is perfect for schools who are confident with the idea of running a BESD programme independently. With our Training Package, schools are provided with all resources needed to run the programme - including workbooks and interactive sessions - and will receive a days training on how to run the programme effectively. After that, it's over to you!
Training Package
Extended Package
Our Extended Package offer schools all of the benefits of our Training Package - including workbooks and interactive sessions - but also the opportunity to have one of specialist facilitators attend the school and run the programme for 10 weeks. During this time, a member of school staff will shadow our facilitator and learn how to deliver outstanding sessions.