Skills Booster helps teachers provide high-quality personal development opportunities to young people in schools and colleges. Get involved.
“Skills Booster has definitely been a success. It can only help our students go on and be good as well as successful citizens in society when they leave our school.” - Careers Leader, Suffolk
Our Skills Booster teaching packs can be adapted for use in your PSHE lessons, form-time activities, or after school enrichment time. The packs include fully editable Powerpoints and teaching guides with advice, links and extension activities. Each pack contains material for approximately one hour, which can be completed in one go, or split into four 15-minute activities.
Our Skills Booster resources are arranged into 3 modules, each containing 5 or more lessons:-
- Life Skills and Independent Living: including Mindfulness and Wellbeing, Looking after your Finances, Staying Safe from Frauds and Scams
- Citizenship and Social Action: including British Values and LGBT+ Rights, Democratic Engagement , Volunteering and your Community
- Employability and Next Steps: Thinking about a Career, CV Workshop, Reflecting on your Skills
”The flexibility to tailor activities to the needs of our students is excellent. Employability, careers, and progression sessions are vital to support students to become work ready. This offer meets all of those needs.” - College Leader, Manchester
Get involved in Skills Booster
Since 2020 our Skills Booster resources have been downloaded nearly 1,500 times for use with an estimated 150,000 students in schools, colleges and other settings. To request these exciting free downloadable resources for your school, please complete the form below:-
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