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PROGRAMMES
SEDA Academy supports young people through two core pathways: mentoring and education, and the SEDA Football Academy. Together, they build confidence, resilience, and direction both in and beyond the classroom and on the pitch.
Mentoring
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Guidance, support, and positive role models to help young people grow in confidence and direction.
The Mentoring Programme provides secondary school students with guidance, encouragement, and positive role models to support their personal, social, and emotional development both inside and outside the classroom.
Delivered through one-to-one and group mentoring sessions depending on individual needs, the programme creates a safe and supportive space where young people can discuss challenges, build confidence, and develop positive coping strategies.
Our mentors work closely with students to support areas such as behaviour, emotional wellbeing, self-esteem, attendance, communication, peer relationships, motivation, and engagement in education.
Through consistent mentoring support, young people are encouraged to make positive choices, improve emotional regulation, develop resilience, and build the confidence and life skills needed to succeed during their secondary school journey and beyond.
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Resilience Lab
Developing emotional resilience, self-awareness, wellbeing, and coping strategies through engaging workshops and activities.
The Resilience Lab Programme is designed to help young people develop emotional resilience, self-awareness, confidence, and positive coping strategies through interactive workshops and practical activities. Delivered in schools through group sessions and one-to-one support, the programme creates a safe and engaging environment where young people can explore emotions, build healthy relationships, and strengthen their mental and emotional wellbeing.
Through activities focused on mindset, emotional regulation, communication, problem-solving, confidence building, stress management, and personal development, participants are supported to better manage challenges such as anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, peer pressure, and behavioural difficulties.
The programme encourages young people to develop resilience, make positive choices, and build the skills needed to navigate everyday life with greater confidence and emotional awareness.
Art, Music and Sport Therapy
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Creative and physical activities designed to support expression, wellbeing, confidence, and emotional development.
Art, Music & Sport Therapy is a creative and engaging programme designed to support young people’s emotional wellbeing, confidence, behaviour, and personal development through expressive and physical activities. Delivered in schools through both group and one-to-one sessions, the programme provides safe and positive spaces for young people to explore emotions, improve emotional regulation, develop coping strategies, and build stronger social skills.
Through activities such as art workshops, music sessions, team sports, fitness challenges, mindfulness exercises, and creative expression projects, young people are encouraged to manage anger, reduce anxiety, improve behaviour, strengthen communication, and develop resilience in a supportive environment.
The programme helps participants channel emotions positively while promoting self-awareness, teamwork, discipline, and confidence.
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Choices and Growth Programme
Helping young people make positive decisions, develop life skills, and build pathways toward brighter futures.
The Choices & Growth Programme is a targeted early intervention initiative designed to support boys and girls aged 11–18 who may be at risk of fixed-term exclusion, persistent absence, disengagement from mainstream education, or placement in alternative provision. The programme uses structured group discussion, mentoring, debate, creative reflection, and peer-led learning to strengthen communication, emotional regulation, confidence, resilience, and positive decision-making.
The programme recognises that many young people experiencing difficulties in school may also be navigating challenges linked to identity, peer relationships, social pressure, trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, behavioural difficulties, unmet emotional needs, or experiences of discrimination. Through a safe, supportive, and restorative environment, participants are encouraged to develop their voice, build healthy relationships, improve self-awareness, and re-engage positively with education.
Delivered through engaging workshops and supportive group activities, the programme helps young people develop essential life skills, improve behaviour and emotional wellbeing, strengthen school engagement, and build more positive pathways for their future.
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