Value Every Mind Workshops

Working with Muslim Aid, Muslim Mind Collaborative introduces our ‘Value Every Mind’ School Programme, a comprehensive and faith-sensitive initiative aimed at managing anxiety and stress among students, parents, and school staff. This half-day programme offers holistic support through education and creative expression, providing toolkits and resources to promote well-being. Schools will engage in sessions, including assemblies, parent workshops, and creative arts activities, all designed to foster self-awareness and emotional health. Participants can also enter a competition to express their visions for a positive future, celebrating creativity and addressing community challenges. Join us in this transformative journey towards better mental health and well-being within our community. These workshops are available for secondary schools including faith-based Islamic schools and for mainstream schools in the UK.

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Tailored For Muslim Schools

A Faith-Sensitive Approach: Addressing anxiety and stress in the Muslim community.

Sessions Include:

Years 7-11 Assembly: Stress and anxiety awareness.
Coffee Morning for Parents or Staff: Staff/Parent support and discussion.
Creative Workshop for Students: Self-expression through the arts.

Schools can choose between a parental session or choose to host a session for school staff to discuss mental health and wellbeing strategies to help improve or enhance school support services.

Morning Session Overview

Whole School Assembly Year 7-11 or Group Presentation:

Delivered by a qualified mental health practitioner, this session provides essential psychoeducation on stress and anxiety management. Students and staff will gain insights into common causes, physical signs, and coping strategies, with a focus on the unique experiences of young Muslims, including family pressures, cultural stigma, peer pressure, and discrimination. Topics include:

Can we talk about mental health?
Stress and Anxiety: most common causes
The experience of young Muslims: family pressure, cultural stigma, peer pressure, discrimination
How does it show? (physical signs)
What does it mean about me as a Muslim?
What can I do about it?

Muslim Aid Creative Competition

During the assembly, we will also be launching Muslim Aid’s creative competition to continue our conversation of creative expression supporting our wellbeing:

Theme: The World You Want to See (in 40 years) – Make it a Reality.

Description: In celebration of Muslim Aid's 40-year anniversary in 2025, we present a school competition inviting students to envision a positive future. Using this theme, children can express their visions creatively as a form of therapy, both as artwork or as a written submission.

Creative Competition Submission

After the assembly, students who wish to participate in the competition can upload their A4 artwork or written pieces via the competition portal

This initiative not only celebrates Muslim Aid's milestone but also aims to address the challenges facing the UK Muslim community, starting with our youth.

Coffee Session with Parents or Staff

A safe space for 15-20 parents to discuss their children's mental health issues and learn effective management strategies. This interactive session covers:

Introduction to anxiety and depression in children and young people
How do I know if my child/student is struggling?
Intergenerational aspects
How can I help my child/student?

Parents will be invited to reflect on how their own upbringing influences their parenting responses

School staff can discuss mental health and wellbeing strategies to help improve or enhance school support services.

Wellbeing Through Creative Arts Group Workshop

15- 30 Students from year 7, 8 and 9 can participate in a 45-minute workshop dedicated to nurturing their mind, body, and soul. Led by community creatives and wellbeing practitioners, this interactive session helps students manage stress and anxiety through creative arts. Activities such as writing, storytelling, drama, and art therapy promote self-expression and spiritual awareness, fostering emotional and spiritual well-being. This workshop provides young people with a unique way to ground themselves and connect deeply with their senses and inner selves.

Register Interest

The Value Every Mind School Wellbeing Programme is a half-day session from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, including a school assembly or group presentation, a parent or staff session, and a creative wellbeing workshop for students. All activities must take place on the same morning'
If you are interested in booking this programme for your school, please complete our registration form and a member of our team will be in touch.

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