Stronger Happier Futures
THRIVE AND MANIFESTIVE IN PARTNERSHIP
We devised a youth led program to work with eight vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment, and training and who have already identified that poor wellbeing and mental health is their key barrier to work. Our primary focus lay with significantly improving young people’s Health and Well-being, however also focus on outcomes leading to securing education, employment and in the long term, income stability.
We worked intensively over a course of eight weeks to coach and remove financial barriers to wellbeing activities such as access to sport/exercise including being active in the community through existing local community projects that encourage social cohesion and creative sessions tailored to young people’s passions.
These activities were selected and suggested by our young people across three focus groups to ensure we were listening to young people experiencing poverty and actively removing their barriers to work and life. These focus groups were led by Manifestive CIC & Thrive CIC to ensure we are consistently responding to young people’s needs.
“I enjoyed the variety quite
immensely. It allowed me
and the others to express
our diverse interests and find
subject that we
unexpectedly enjoyed
together.”
O U R A P P R O A C H
THRIVE AND MANIFESTIVE IN PARTNERSHIP
The real success of the programme, and this is evidenced by the feedback and testimonials, was down to the variety and creativity of the sessions.
Our approach ensured that every participant experienced something new and varied, therefore stretching them out of their comfort zone. This enabled the highest levels of engagement and exposure to activities, communities and models that they would not previously have the opportunity to access.
Utilising coaching techniques we carefully created questions and reflections, for the young people to focus on their intention for the program through robust goal setting. Whilst paying attention to what they are learning about themselves, in addition, gathering transferable skills to be able to apply in pursuit of their on-going future goals and ambitions. Due to Manifestive's network we were able to provide the highest quality knowledge, engagement and expertise for each session and therefore enhance the programme attendee experience.
“I found the different sessions fun, although not all the sessions were my thing, I still was able to finish the days in a positive mindset. The activities that were chosen were a good choice too because despite them not always being for certain people, they were still carried out to
make sure everyone could get
some use out of it.”
THRIVE
A coffee shop with a difference; Thrive is located in Liverpool City Centre and provides a safe space for care experienced/hard-to-reach young people from across the region.
Looking and feeling like a coffee shop, Thrive is a welcoming, stigma free
environment where adults who are responsible for the well-being of some
of our most vulnerable young people can meet, build rapport and connect
the young people they care for to essential services.
Thrive believes that all young people have the right to live happy, safe and
fulfilling lives. A crucial factor in helping young people to reach their full
potential is supporting them to identify careers that matter most to them to
help them become financially independent.
MANIFESTIVE
Manifestive CIC - Empowering young people to manifest their potential.
We work with what the person already has to foster the person they want to be.
We deliver training and facilitation, 1-1 & group coaching to young people across the North West.
Our aim is to offer expert development and support to young people, who primarily come from challenged backgrounds for example, care system, social economic challenges and mental health & well-being issues such as trauma. We utilise our expertise and experience in supporting and empowering young people on topics such as, but not exclusively; improving employability, building confidence, being more resilient, improving communication and in general helping to realise their potential.
