Hopeful

We co-designed HOPEFUL with young women who are not in education, employment, and training. HOPEFUL is a new approach to helping young women to have better health and wellbeing. HOPEFUL aims to do this by increasing hope. Hope means to believe in yourself and your ability to work towards goals that really matter to you. We know that young women who are not in education, employment, and training can often struggle with being hopeful. Yet we believe that through simple techniques everyone’s hope can grow.

What is HOPEFUL?

HOPEFUL is a package of materials designed to help you become more hopeful and to experience the benefits of hope in your daily life. HOPEFUL is based on a powerful set of research-backed tools. These tools are designed to help you to learn about yourself, to grow and maintain your hope, and to move closer towards live the sort of life that feels meaningful to you. HOPEFUL has been created by working with young people and the people that support them.

You can work through HOPEFUL at your own pace. You can also make choices throughout about how you use the package. Remember too that HOPEFUL is designed to be completed with a mentor – this means someone to help and guide you through the process of becoming more hopeful.

HOPEFUL was developed with young people and the people who support them.

Some key info:

- Young women who are interested in our project can find out more and register their Expression of Interest by clicking on the link in the additional information section below.

- Please follow us on Instagram @looking_forward_project - we are new to Instagram so would love some new followers and are trying to add new content every week!

- £20 vouchers are available at each assessment point for ALL young people who take part in the project, throughout their participation up to £80 max per person.

- Participants allocated to HOPEFUL will receive a pack containing general mentoring advice and information on support services. They will receive £20 vouchers for completing questionnaires as above and they will receive the HOPEFUL package after 12 months to utilise in whichever way they choose.

- All participants will be contacted by their research assistant Charlotte or Zoe to help them fully get settled.