Section 1 – At a glance

HOPEFUL is designed to be completed within about 16 weeks (although we recommend young people use the workbook for as long as they find it useful to do so). Over this 16 weeks, we recommend they meet with you for about an hour, every week or two – if you both can. Overall, we recommend that they meet you at least four times as a minimum. You might see each other more often if you can, for example up to about 12 meetings in total. You will be invited to talk through these kind of decisions with the young person in the introductory session you have with them.

After the introductory session, you and the young person will start working through HOPEFUL’s six modules. You’ll see a list of those below. We recommend working through the modules in the order they are provided. We recommend that young people aim to try and work through at least one session (e.g., one meeting between you both) from each of the six modules. Again, this is just a guide.

In each of the six modules in the young person’s workbook, you will find:

• Module introduction and introductory video to say what the module is about

• Module contents page to show the list of activities that make up that module:
  • Module activities – designed to be done with your support as mentor
  • Takeaway activities – designed to be done by the young person alone
  • There are different options for completing the activities – young people can choose the options they like best.

• Module lived experience story to show someone else’s experiences that are relevant to the module (you’ll also see quotes from young people included throughout the modules too)

• Module share page to help the young person to tell other people in their life about what they have been working on in the module – and tell these people about what they could do to help

Modules in the young person’s workbook