Are you ready to think about the areas you might like to develop in further? Spin the Wheel of Strengths and reflect on not only your skills, but your interests and personality traits, and how to develop them further to support your future.
Whether you’re at school, college or university, you have just graduated, or you’re looking for your first job, Life Skills is a resource here to help you. There are a range of free tools, tips and interactive resources which are constantly updated to help you recognise and develop the skills you already have, but also teach you new skills.
HP Life is a free business skills-training programme for emerging entrepreneurs, business owners, and lifelong learners all over the world. HP Life gives people all over the world the opportunity to build skills for the future— whether they want to start or grow their own business, enter the workforce or secure a better job—by providing access to free, accessible IT and business skills training courses in eight languages.
For every course, you complete you’ll receive a certificate from HP Life that would look great on your CV! There are over 30 short online courses available so why not take a look and start your journey.
Confidence and Self-Esteem Development from Mind is a resource for 11-18 year olds.
Understanding confidence and self-esteem
If we have high self-esteem, we feel good about ourselves. And if we feel confident, we feel like there are things we’re good at. But sometimes, our confidence gets knocked, or we don’t like ourselves very much.
We can all feel like this at times, but when we feel like this for a long time, it can become a problem. Whatever affects your confidence or self-esteem, it’s important to remember that you have the right to feel good about yourself.
We’ve partnered with experts in the field who provide a wide range of support for your mental health and well-being, ranging from access to counselling to self-help guidance.
Your mental health is something to care about in sunny times as well as stormy ones. It’s useful to take steps to look after your wellbeing on a regular basis. You don’t have to wait until it all feels too much. You can explore ways to take care of yourself in small but helpful ways.
It’s okay to think about your mental health and reach out if you need to. Depression, anxiety and other challenges can happen to anyone. Struggling with mental health is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s not your fault. You deserve to take care of yourself and get any help you may need. Even if you feel alone, there are organisations who want to help.
The NHS provides signposting and resources to support mental health for children, teenagers and young adults. On this site you can find advice and support including information on:
what support and services are available locally to you
where to get support and who can refer you
information for teenagers, young adults and students, including:
If you’re struggling with your feelings, you’re not alone. Young Minds have loads of practical tips and advice from young people just like you, as well as information on getting the support you need.
Things can get better.
Whether you want to understand more about how you’re feeling, get information about a mental health condition or find out what support is available to you, their guides can help. If you need support with speaking to someone, start with their guide to reaching out for help.
