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Elevated Minds CiC

Elevated Minds CIC was founded after bringing together the experiences of our co-founders Doreen Sinclair-McCollin and Akeila Browne. After running the first iteration of The IDENTITY Project back in 2014, they witnessed the effects that coaching had on vulnerable young people and those who were also excluded from mainstream education. Many of the young people had very low self-esteem, believing that they were incapable of academic success or academic progress. Their attitude toward the education system was very much nothing to lose, nothing to gain! Our co-founders identified that when the young people were given the tools to express their thoughts, feelings and emotions, their behaviour changed drastically, leading to improved attainment and achievement, better behaviour, increased attendance at school, more positive relationships and therefore a reduction in sanctions and exclusions. Off the back of this realisation, Elevated Minds CIC was formed and has worked with young people and staff within educational establishments, with families and within the community since. Not only have we created impact with different groups within society, our staff members and our young people have gone on to win awards thanks to the work we have done.