Programme modules

• Module 1 - Skills4Living and Peer Mentoring

  This module helps learners build practical life skills to navigate challenges, support others and play an active role in their communities.

  • Core Life Skills: Builds critical thinking, communication, empathy, leadership and time management through real-life application
  • Peer Mentoring: Learners explore how peer mentoring creates connection and supports safer, more inclusive learning environments.
  • Communication and Reflection: Helps learners build confidence in speaking, listening, presenting and holding constructive conversations, with opportunities to practise these skills in different settings.
  • Community Building: Explores how individual actions contribute to healthier group dynamics, mutual support and stronger communities.
• Module 2 - Rights, Respect and Community

  This module empowers learners to understand their rights, respect others, and engage in inclusive community participation.

  • Human Rights and Responsibility: Introduces key civic principles including rights, voting and volunteering
  • Cultural Competence: Builds awareness of different backgrounds and encourages inclusive, respectful engagement
  • Responding to Discrimination: Equips learners to recognise and act against racism, stigma and exclusion
  • Civic Contribution: Promotes positive citizenship through real opportunities for local and national involvement
• Module 3 - Gender and Equality

  This module helps learners develop a deeper understanding of gender, respectful relationships, and the importance of creating safe, inclusive environments for all.

  • Understanding Gender-Based Violence: Builds awareness of different forms of gender-based violence, including consent, harassment and victim-blaming
  • Supporting Others: Introduces practical ways to offer peer support and signpost to appropriate help when needed
  • Gender Roles and Relationships: Encourages reflection on gender expectations and respectful behaviours in personal and social contexts
  • Sexual and Gender Diversity: Promotes understanding of different identities and encourages inclusive, respectful communication
• Module 4 - Mental Health and Wellbeing

  This core module gives learners tools to understand mental health, look after themselves, and support their peers through everyday challenges.

  • Mental Health Awareness: Introduces different models of mental health and tackles stigma through open conversation
  • Wellbeing Tools: Teaches practical strategies including self-care, stress management and setting personal goals
  • Peer Support and Referral: Builds confidence to spot warning signs and signpost friends to trusted support
  • Storytelling and Self-Acceptance: Uses personal storytelling to strengthen identity, empathy and mental wellbeing
• Module 5 - Disability and Inclusion

  This module helps learners understand disability, challenge discrimination, and take practical steps to create more accessible, inclusive spaces.

  • Understanding Disability: Introduces models of disability and the principles of Universal Accessibility
  • Identifying Barriers: Explores the everyday challenges people with disabilities face across different settings
  • Addressing Discrimination: Builds confidence to recognise and address ableism and exclusion
  • Promoting Inclusion: Encourages learners to take action to improve access, awareness and participation for people with disabilities
• Module 6 - Physical and Sexual Health

  This module supports learners to make informed choices about their health, build healthy habits, and understand key aspects of sexual wellbeing and disease prevention.

  • Healthy Living: Covers balanced eating, physical activity, and developing a positive relationship with body image and health
  • Sexual Health and Relationships: Explores consent, contraception, reproductive health and respectful relationships
  • Disease Prevention: Raises awareness of STIs and other communicable diseases
  • Everyday Health Choices: Encourages reflection on daily habits and long-term wellbeing
• Module 7 - Staying Safe and Reducing Harm

  This module supports learners to make safer choices, understand the risks of substance use, and build the confidence to support themselves and others.

  • Substance Awareness: Explores the effects of alcohol, drugs, vaping and other substances
  • Reducing Risk: Introduces strategies for safer behaviours and access to support
  • Peer Support: Builds skills to support friends using a non-judgemental approach
  • Decision-Making: Strengthens problem-solving and critical thinking in high-risk situations
• Module 8 - Climate and Green Futures

  This module connects climate change to personal wellbeing and careers, helping learners explore practical responses and imagine more sustainable futures.

  • Climate Understanding: Explains the causes, impacts and key terms around climate change
  • Personal Action: Encourages small, everyday steps to reduce environmental impact
  • Health and Adaptation: Links climate change to mental and physical wellbeing
  • Green Careers: Introduces pathways in sustainability, including green, blue and circular economies
• Module 9 - Financial Skills and Future Planning

  This module prepares learners to manage money confidently, think creatively about their futures, and plan for greater independence.

  • Money Management: Teaches budgeting, saving and avoiding debt
  • Financial Safety: Raises awareness of scams, fraud and risky financial decisions
  • Enterprise and Creativity: Encourages entrepreneurial thinking and income generation
  • Career Readiness: Builds transferable skills like adaptability, creativity and networking
• Module 10 - Digital and Cyber Safety

  This module helps learners navigate the online world safely and responsibly, strengthening their awareness, judgement and ability to support others.

  • Digital Citizenship: Covers respectful online behaviour, digital consent and understanding digital identity
  • Spotting Misinformation: Builds skills to recognise misleading content, check sources and identify bias
  • Online Safety: Introduces practical steps for managing privacy, avoiding scams and staying secure
  • Cyber Resilience: Supports learners to respond constructively to cyberbullying, digital harm and online risks

Outcomes for learners