Manchester City players Jill Scott and Megan Campbell have taken part in a collaboration with mental wellbeing organisation myHappymind.
The City players saw first hand the work being done in conjunction with City in the Community at a Primary School in Manchester.
Classrooms across Manchester are being equipped with digital learning resources to help support the development of their pupils’ positive mental wellbeing by building resilience, self-esteem and character.
The lessons are downloadable, fun and interactive, with animated characters that take children through a series of modules to help them build positive relationships and engage with the world.
They can also be accessed by pupils and parents via the myHappymind app, which is home to a series of games and exercises.
For City in the Community schools, these games have been given a Manchester City make-over enabling youngsters to unlock football accessories for their chosen character.
On the day, the children, who had been invited to City Football Academy to take part in a myHappymind lesson, helped the players understand what each animated character represented and showed them a calming and self-reflective exercise known as ‘happy breathing’.
Mike Green, Head of City in the Community, commented:
“We are delighted to be collaborating with myHappymind to promote positive mental wellbeing within our local partner schools.
“The programme will add a new aspect to our football led curriculum and will help to provide children across Manchester with the confidence and self-belief to reach their potential.”
Laura Earnshaw, Founder and CEO of myHappymind, added;
“We are thrilled to be working alongside City in the Community to bring myHappymind into schools in and around Manchester.
“CITC have a long history of supporting the wellbeing of children through their inclusive health, fitness and lifestyle programmes.
“We’re excited about bringing the conversation around building mental wellbeing to life in Manchester schools through this collaboration.”