Wellbeing toolkit: coronavirus

Find ice breaker activities for a virtual learning environment, case studies for a independent reading, or the whole Wellbeing toolkit can support students still in school or college. This two-part toolkit is designed to help young people understand the importance of mental wellbeing, and how it can have an impact on their future success and career prospects.

This toolkit aims to:

Help your students manage and maintain their mental wellbeing as an integral part of their overall health
Support them with developing skills such as resilience, communication, self-confidence, time management and proactivity
Aid students to develop coping strategies that will better enable them to manage the everyday pressures and additional responsibilities of work
Help young people to identify where and how they can ask for help and mental wellbeing support, for themselves and others
LifeSkills has developed this resource with support from the mental health anti-stigma and discrimination campaign, Time to Change, run by the partner charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.

The second part of the toolkit also features written and audio case studies which include coping strategies young people have used to support their wellbeing. See below for a taster of the audio files featured in the toolkit.

To ensure that both parts of the toolkit work together smoothly, please make sure you download and save both PDF documents into the same folder on your computer.

To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit barclayslifeskills.com/educators

How LifeSkills can support you and your students right now
The Covid-19 (‘coronavirus’) situation is understandably creating a lot of uncertainty and affecting the teaching community in new and unforeseen ways. We have created this page to support learners, parents and educators during this challenging time.

Skills that students learn now will be valuable to their future, helping them to adapt to the education and employment landscape as it changes. Explore the most relevant content for your current teaching environment that can be easily adapted for virtual facilitation.

We also have interactive tools, films and articles to suit independent study for students aged 14+.

Looking for further assistance using our resources? Our educator calls will be available throughout school closures; please get in touch with a time that suits you for a call.