The Approach

Each programme is broken into a series of workshops working through topics such as how to help young people understand and name or recognise their feelings; that change can be overwhelming and to begin to understand the changes that have occurred and navigate through them and simple coping techniques to foster a process of coping, adjusting and adapting to what has happened in their lives.

Each workshop runs through a sensitive topic shared through a series of activities – and each activity requires a written and verbal response. During the process, they reflect on their journey so it felt a journal format would be the best solution - making each activity full of doodles and making the content easy for each young person to engage with.

The Execution

To help make the journal engaging for its target audience we worked closely with illustrator Aoife Dooley who created a suite of illustrations which fit each topic and activity.

With a mixed format of doodles, character illustrations with a range of faces to demonstrate different emotions and a bespoke font – the journal is brought to life and helps get the balance between making the information easy for the participant to understand but also dealing with the sensitivity of each topic.