RE-START COURSES
Our Restart project enables learners aged 13-19, and up to the age of 25 to gain Agored Cymru accreditations. The project increases young people’s confidence, aspirations and enabled individuals to make more informed life choices in the future.
1125 CIC deliver 8 Agored Cymru accredited courses;
Agored Cymru Unit in Understanding Relationships (Healthy Relationships)
Learners will explore all aspect of healthy relationships including instrumental relationships in their lives, beliefs and where they come from. The learners will be able to recognise abusive behaviours, power and control and where to access support. Using varied methods young people will learn skills that are required to have healthy relationships, accept responsibility for actions where required, and develop the ability to seeing other people’s point of views.
Agored Cymru unit in Mental Health and Wellbeing
This course covers the 5 steps to mental wellbeing as recommended by the NHS. Learners undertake 5 challenges, ‘connecting’ through group participation relationship and ‘mindfulness’ workshops focusing on risk reduction and relaxation strategies. The learners are able to ‘be active’ by setting new personal goals, ‘keep learning’ through creating a personalised positive memento and lastly ‘give to others’. By the end of the course learners will understand what is meant by mental health and wellbeing, emotional awareness, factors of resilience and coping mechanisms to reduce anxiety and stress.
Agored Cymru Unit in Understanding Sexual relationships
The Sex Education course provides a safe space for learners to discuss what sex is and the different types of language that is used when talking about sex. The learners explore the emotional and physical consequences of sex, STIs, contraception and up to date legislation including laws on ‘taking’ and ‘sharing’ explicit photos, consent and abortion. The learners will be provided with services in the area if further information or guidance is needed including the C-Card scheme.
Agored Cymru Unit in Volunteering and Community Engagement
This course offers learners with work experience and employability skills to improve their chances of employment in addition to giving back to their community. During the course learners will identify their own personal skills that they can offer and research volunteering opportunities available in their community. The learners get to develop their confidence by organising their participation and will have the opportunity to take part in 30 hours of volunteering in the community.
Agored Cymru Unit in Substance misuse
The understanding Substance misuse course educates learners on the categories of substances, their effects and legal status. Learners will better understand the long term and short effects of substances and the associated risks, and will look at vaping and effect this can have on the body. Together we will explore the effects of substance misuse on their community and the impact on society as a whole. .
Agored Cymru Unit in Independent Living Skills
The Independent Living Skills course enables learners to develop their practical cooking skills by learning about healthy eating, cooking on a budget, cost-effective cooking and food hygiene. The course will allow for development in home management, how to live a healthy lifestyle, time management, personal care, wellbeing, and socialisation and how to complete job applications. At the end of the course the learners will be able to cook healthy meals and will have set healthy goals for the future.
Agored Cymru Unit in Peer Mentoring
The Peer Mentoring course enables lerrners with the opportunity to develop their skills by planning, organising and running a small scale peer mentor activity. The learners will take a lead role in organising a timetable of activities based on their needs and interests and will be active in the preperation, planning of activities, delivery and evaluation of the chosen task. The learners will help to complete risk assessments and comply with health and safety requirements, explore boundaries within a peer mentor relationship and confidentiality.
Agored Cymru in Unit in Outdoor Skills
The learners will identify hazards in an outdoor setting, learn about biodiversity, use a variety of hand tools, and be able to construct items from outdoor materials, build a temporary shelter and will learn how to build and extinguish a fire. Furthermore, the young people will benefit holistically from connecting with nature by observing and leaning how they can protect their natural environment.
Referring agencies Testimonials
Kim Jones - Alternative Curriculum Coordinator at Flint High School
"I would like to say how much I enjoy working with Lindsay and Haley. They are at all times professional and endeavour to provide an excellent service to my disengaged pupils. The encouragement and confidence building they gave each girl was fantastic and very much appreciated. The girls were willing to turn up to every session and did so happily. They were always given a warm welcome with a 'cuppa' which helped the girls to relax and feel wanted. This is very important as a lot of then have lost direction and I feel that the work they have done with 11 25 C.I.C has given them a new outlook."
Sharon Parrish – 14 – 19 network (Education youth work)
"We work for Flintshire County Council 14 - 19 Network as part of education + youth dept. We work with young people between the ages of 14-19 who for whatever reason are not attending school or at risk of becoming a NEET. The young people that we have referred to Haley and Lindsay have found their courses extremely beneficial as the ladies approach to the group is relaxing and caring, promotes self-confidence and self-esteem which the young people need in their lives. The group leader’s style as positive role models, therefore the young people found them easy to talk to about personal issues. Their activities were therapeutic, fun and interesting from accounts from the Young people’s which helped with the young people's attendance each week."
Tracey Armstrong - Personal Support Co-Ordinator Progression Team
"The courses offered through 11-25 C.I.C have always been extremely valuable to our young people. They provide a complimentary and therapeutic provision to the young people. The support given begins with the meticulous preparation beforehand, plus meeting the young people to form relationships and in planning individual packages catered for each member of the group. The courses are engaging, fun, relevant and the young people have the added bonus of gaining qualifications throughout. Often, this is something they are not able to achieve in school. As groups are usually smaller and held in settings other than schools our young people find this more beneficial. The support 11-25 offers is invaluable and feedback from Professionals and the young people echoes this."
