The BIGGA course and one to one coaching project works exclusively with boys.
The contents of this course are a result of a series of conversations with boys and men around what they felt were some of the key things that adolescent boys want to learn, or could learn before they begin their journey into manhood, i.e. as they became BIGGA not just physically but emotionally and mentally. It was felt that the transition lines between boyhood and manhood in our modern western culture are far less defined these days, than they were in the past. With an increasing absence of positive male role models in our societies the question was “How can we as educators try and help some of these boys?” and then the next question was “What would we as boys and men want them to learn, that will help them to be better role models and men?”
Obviously, we could have spent thousands of hours on drilling down into those questions. We wanted a course, that was simple to deliver, targeting year 9 and 10 school boys. For us these were the year groups that were going through significant changes in their worldview, forming attitudes and opinions that could be the foundations for functioning in most aspects of their lives until they reach their twenties.
- How to respect others
- How to treat women,
- How to operate at their best,
- How to be role models etc.
The course includes a one full day activity programme/challenge within which the boys have the concepts taught reaffirmed. We do hope the course will prove useful for any groups of boys that you are considering running the course for.
This project has received significant support from Cardiff County Council and Cardiff Against Bullying.
Get in touch, now, to discuss how Elevate can help your boys.