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CHEXS is a vehicle to help improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing through a structured programme of outdoor learning and coaching which we call ‘GROWTH’.
CHEXS is a vehicle to help improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing through a structured programme of outdoor learning and coaching which we call ‘GROWTH’.
The CHEXS GROWTH Programme is designed to motivate children and young people to achieve success outside of the traditional classroom environment by raising their confidence and self esteem.
The Growth programme encompasses four key pillars:
CHEXS GROWTH four pillars are:
- Meaning and purpose
- Resilience
- Expectation
- Aspirations
The principles of CHEXS are based on 4 key pillars. These are the foundations on which our projects are based.
Each stage of the CHEXS Growth programme focuses on teaching resilience as well as providing young people with a meaning and a purpose.
The projects inspire young people to consider their aspirations for the future and work to achieve them as well as setting a culture of expectation to create healthy and supportive relationships which promote wellbeing.
CHEXS Secondary Growth programme
We launch the programme with an Aspiration Presentation, the CHEXS team members deliver the aspirational talk and discuss the benefits of the projects. To motivate and inspire the students to think about their goals, expectations and confidence to step outside of their comfort zone, helping them to achieve their personal goals.
Role Model team project
This project is designed to aid inclusion, support and mentoring between the different age groups, building relationships with tangible projects for the child/young person being motivated and engaged. The team take targeted secondary young people to work with primary children to create something that can be displayed within their primary school i.e. willow deer. The young people become confident mentors, taking responsibility for being positive role models and the children respond well to their leadership whilst enjoying using natural materials to create structures that can be enjoyed by the whole community.
Outcomes
Link to school education – Help raise attainment, achievement, attendance, behaviour, confidence, self- esteem. Protective Behaviour strategies gained. Build support networks with school, home, community life. Enhance the appearance and encourage ownership of the local area. Aids inclusion, support and mentoring between the different age groups. Life skills developed: i.e. teamwork and problem-solving. The young people become motivated and engaged, gaining a sense of achievement and ownership.
Community Habitat Management
The CHEXS team coach young people with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties who volunteer in local community areas where they can achieve tasks and experience working as a team to enhance and develop the community areas with tangible results. Young people are given the opportunity to choose between areas of work and to consider how it can be developed. They participate in habitat management, scrub clearance, dead hedge construction and engage with local community members to help support and steer the project
Outcomes
Build positive relationships within the local community. Link to school education – help raise attainment, achievement, attendance and behaviour. Young people become positive role models. Build support networks with school, home and community life. Enhances the appearance and encourages ownership of the local area.
Risky Behaviour project (also known as My Life)
This project educates young people about both positive and negative life choices and the consequences of their actions. The project tackles the sensitive subjects that are a part of the young person’s life and can be tailored to suit the needs of the group. Programmes include a team building activity day followed by interactive information sessions about risk-taking behaviours, independent living and how to keep themselves safe. Young people gain an increased knowledge of sexual health, drugs and alcohol abuse, internet safety, relationships and financial aspects of living away from home leading to improved aspirations.
Outcomes
Young people have increased knowledge of sexual health, drugs and alcohol abuse, internet safety and financial aspects of living away from home leading to improved aspirations.
CHEXS Awards:
All the children who participated in the programme are invited to attend our annual community event to be presented with a certificate to celebrate the achievements of the young people and children we have worked with.
