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Celebrities and Resilience
A collection of short activities that can be delivered individually or as a whole session to explore the
resilience focus area of Emotions and Behaviours
Learning Outcomes
• To understand what resilience is
• To know a few ‘celebrities’ that have faced and overcome
challenges
• To normalise mental health and emotional wellbeing
challenges
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Time Activity Method Resources
5 SIGN IN, WELCOME, Ask young people to complete Sign In sheet. When the group are Sign In Sheet
mins INTRODUCTIONS & settled ask them to introduce themselves and tell us something
CHECK IN about themselves. Pen
Go through the learning expectations of the session.
Explain how we always use a check in at the start of each
workshop and how it works. Ask the group to say how they are
feeling from 1-10 and if they want to share why.
2.5 RECAP GROUND Explain to the group, people need to feel safe to share their views Ground rules
mins RULES and experiences. Remind them of the rules we agreed previously: preprepared
If relevant or set ones • Respect other people
for this session if • Listen to what other people are saying Flip chart
necessary • What people say, stays in the group (unless they or anyone
else is at risk) Pens
• The more you put in, the more you take out!
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10 ICEBREAKER Explain to the group, there are items in the bag with a label Wellbeing
mins WELLBEING BAG attached. They should reach in the bag and pull out an item bag
ACTIVITY without looking and then read the question on label and answer
it.
Dependent on time, you could ask the group to state their
answers too before moving on to the next person.
5 WHAT IS Ask the group what they think RESILIENCE is? In x2 groups, ask What is
mins RESILIENCE? them to write their ideas on the handout. Ask them to feedback Resilience
to the group and write what they say up on a flipchart. sheet (A3)
Discuss what young people have suggested. Read out to the
group: Flipchart
RESILIENCE is the ability to bounce back from difficult situations Pens
and to see problems as opportunities for learning and growth.
RESILIENCE means:
• Seeing difficulties as part of life
• Staying strong in yourself
• Being able to tolerate discomfort
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• Being able to handle strong emotions
• Reflecting positively
• Thinking differently
• Being willing to change and adapt
Discuss with the group their thoughts on this.
20 CELEBRITIES: WHO From the pack of celebrity images, as an example, pick out Celebrity images
with names and
mins AND WHAT? someone and ask the group to name the individual. Ask the group list of challenges
what they know about this person. The group may already know
Laptop (optional)
of some of the challenges that person has faced and overcome. If
not, give them an example. Pens
Now ask the group to look at all of the images and match up the Paper
image with the name. Get them to work in teams. Go through this
with them and make any changes as required.
Ask the group to think about any adversity that person may have
had to deal with and write it down. Ask them to do some research
on laptops if they have access.
Bring the group back together and ask them to feedback.
**Please note, you may want to go through the list in advance to
ensure there are not any inappropriate suggestions for the group
you are working with.
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5 CELEBRITIES AND Discuss with the group what they have found out and how they Flipchart
mins RESILIENCE think this might have affected the celebrity in question.
Pens
What can we learn from this?
Capture the discussion on flipchart
10 WHO ELSE INSPIRES Ask the young people to look around at what has been captured Flip chart
mins US? so far. Ask them to think about who else inspires them. Ask them
to research if they have faced any adversity and had to Pens
demonstrate resilience.
Record any suggestions made by the group and add it to the pack
of information for use with another group.
5 CLOSE Ask the group to feedback on what they will take away from the Evaluation
mins session on how they will work to improve their resilience. forms
Ask the group if they have any feedback or questions. Ask the Pens
group to complete the session evaluation forms.
And finally, check out with everyone.
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WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
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Wellbeing Bag:
This is a fun way to start a new group and support them to connect and find things they have in common.
Things you will need:
A brightly coloured tote bag
Parcel tags
List of items (see attached as suggestions to get you started)
Pen
Sellotape
List of questions associated to the items you have chosen e.g. what is your favourite….?
How to put together the Wellbeing Bag:
On each of the parcel tags, write a question and stick it onto the selected item, e.g. What is your favourite chocolate
bar? Could be attached to the mini Mars Bar. Repeat for each of the items you have chosen. Once completed, put all the
items in the bag and you are ready to go.
How to use the Wellbeing Bag with a group:
In your group decide who is going to take the first turn. The first person introduces themselves and pulls out an object
from the bag. They read the question and answer it about themselves. Put the item to one-side rather than back in the
bag. You can then ask them to nominate someone else in the group to share their answer too or if there is time, move
around the rest of the group and get everyone to share their answers. It’s then good to highlight all the commonalities
amongst the group. Repeat this until everyone in the group has had a go or until all the items in the bag have been
picked out and the questions answered.
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Wellbeing Bag continued:
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Famous faces and their road to resilience: co-produced with young people from Northwood & Royal Harbour Academy:
Ludwig von Beethoven – Deaf from the age of 4 Zayn Malik – Struggles with anxiety
Frida Khalo – Badly injured after a bus accident Jesy Nelson – Bullied about her weight
Malala Yousafzai – Shot in the head Ariana Grande – Struggles with insecurity and confidence
Nicki Minaj – Grew up in poverty having moved from David Walliams – Struggles with depression
Trindad and Tabago to New York
Millie Bobby Brown – Bullied at school
Jennifer Hudson – A family member killed her mother,
Billie Eilish – Suffers from Tourette’s
brother and nephew
Professor Green – grew up with his Nan, suffers with
Albert Einstein – Didn’t speak until the age of 4
depression and father committed suicide
Buzz Aldrin – Struggled with addiction after landing on the
Eminem – bullied and addiction issues
moon
Oprah Winfrey – grew up in poverty
David Beckham – Suffers from OCD, was sent off in the
World Cup and blamed for costing England the World Cup Jay-Z – Grew up in one of the poorest parts of New York
in 1998 J. K. Rowling – Single mum and rejected 32 times
Stephen Hawking – Diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease Charlize Theron – Mum shot her Dad
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This session plan provides an outline to deliver activities focussed around areas of young peoples lives that have been proven to support in improving
resilience and emotional wellbeing.
Within this there are suggestions of a range of activities and formats that you can use to deliver these, such as power points and online resources as well as
timings for activities.
These can be delivered in whichever way suits your organisation and group of young people best.
Whilst a range of videos, icebreaker activities and games have been suggested throughout please feel free to adapt and change these to suit your setting
and your young people.
For further resources, activities, ideas and a wide range of other session plans please visit Kent Resilience Hub, you can also find a range of resources and
activities that young people may find useful to manage their own wellbeing at MoodSpark. Click on the different segments below to find resources,
activities and sessions that meet that resilience area.
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