What is The Respect Project?
The Respect Project is an early intervention programme for 13-14 year olds. It’s designed to help year 9’s who are struggling in school to re-engage with their education, deal with life’s problems, build their mental resilience, self confidence and improve their mental wellbeing.
The Project takes place over a four month period, during term time. Some elements happen during school time and others are during evenings and weekends. All take place away from the school setting and are delivered by fully vetted and trained youth workers. This is to help young people to open up to trusted adults and overcome fears and barriers to progress.
Life Skill Sessions
Over the course of 8 Weeks, young people undergo a series of ‘Life Skills Sessions’ to understand the effects of their actions, become aware of the dangers within their community and how to avoid them, and to learn valuable life skills like teamwork and communication.
The Residential
After they have completed ‘Life Skills’, they then embark on a 7 day residential at one of our residential Centre’s in the Lake District or Brecon Beacons. Here they put the skills they have learned to the test as they need to work together to overcome mountaineering, scrambling, leading up to a 24 hour expedition. All is led by a qualified Mountain Leader who guides beneficiaries through their journey.
Presentation Evening
After the project has finished, we conclude it with a presentation evening where participants are awarded their qualification for completing the course, and have time to reflect on everything they have gone through and all they have overcome.
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An Accredited Qualification
The Respect Project is accredited under ASDAN as an Activities and Peer Tutoring Short Course. It therefore:
- counts as up to 3 of the credits needed to achieve the Personal Development Programmes
- counts as up to 6 of the credits needed to achieve Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE).
- offers a progression to the Award of Personal Effectiveness (AoPE) and Wider Key Skills.
Parents and guardians are asked to provide feedback about the impact of the project at home and with family and they are also invited to the Presentation Evening at the end of the project.
An Exciting Opportunity
This is a chance for young people to step outside their comfort zone, build on their mental resilience and see positive improvements to their mental wellbeing. We strive to work with young people to put them on the right path in life and help them to realise they can overcome anything.
Our Residential Centres
Find out more about where they will be staying on their week away!
High Row
Our Residential Centre based at the foot of Carrock Fell in the Lake District.
Maes Y Lade
Based in the Heart of the Brecon Beacons, our Wales Centre offers a variety of exciting activities.
Testimonials
“A golden opportunity for pupils to have some positive input, to learn about themselves and to learn to work with others”
Helen Banks, Head of Year 8, Sweyn Park School
“I just wanted to thank you all so much for such an incredible and life changing experience. It really motivated me to turn my life around. I would never have even passed my GCSE's, let alone go on to Sixth Form (and hopefully uni). I can't believe how much it has changed my outlook on life and I can't thank you all enough. Not only that, but I also had an amazing time. The work you do is incredible!!”
Previous Beneficiary
“I enjoyed this project a lot. it made me
more motivated to work harder and focus
more at school, and be more open to
people and it’s opened doors more than I
think ever before in my life and I feel that if
I was not part of this project I don’t know
where I would be today.”
Previous Beneficiary
Respect Project Leaflet
Read more about our project in our leaflet
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