MST4Life™ is a mental skills training programme in operation at St Basils for young people who are NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training). It uses evidence-based sports psychology techniques, normally used by elite athletes to improve performance, and is used in conjunction with employability programmes and those aimed at rebuilding confidence and self-belief. It was co-designed with and implemented by the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the The University of Birmingham.
Launching today, a toolkit is now available for free online.

St Basils and University of Birmingham’s BOOST and MST4Life™ programmes have saved the public purse almost £1 million, concludes an evaluation by the Birmingham Business School.

Join Dr Jennifer Cumming at the University of Birmingham to find out how sports psychology techniques are being used to improve outcomes for young people who are homeless or at risk.

Here is the link to the 3 updated national frameworks on preventing youth homelessness, which give information and advice to local authorities and their partners.

Here is our first supporter enewsletter linked to this new website, which launched on 29th October 2019. This provides a good summary of all the key articles that have been added to our news, blog and event pages recently