LISTEN UP COURSE FOR THE NEW LEAF CHESHIRE PROGRAMME!

OUR LISTEN UP COURSE IN MACCLESFIELD WAS A GREAT HIT!

We spoke with mentors on the New Leaf programme and they were wanting a programme designed to help enhance confidence, personal development and provide people with coping mechanisms to help with their lives.

Listen UP our confidence building programme has been run over the past 6 years across Lancashire and Cheshire. We decided to add parts to the programme to help reduce anxiety, enhance positive thinking and provide learners with coping mechanisms. Some of the learners that came on to the course suffered with agoraphobia, high anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.

We worked with the group for 5 weeks and looked into vision for the future to help with forward thinking, creating vision boards, team building exercises to help grow their skills, communication activities to create a comfortable learning environment, podcasting, and the individuals themselves came out of the programme after attending all 5 sessions with new skills, lowered anxiety and feeling comfortable to go out for walks, speak to more people and take part in future training and employability options.