Resilient Minds
Resilient Minds
Resilient Minds is BCBN’s flagship mental health initiative under the Muslim Mind Collaborative, delivered with Chiltern Learning Trust and funded by Muslim Aid. Piloted in two Luton secondary schools, the programme reached over 2,200 students, many from South Asian and Muslim backgrounds, with a student-designed, culturally responsive mental health curriculum.
It is one of the first large-scale interventions of its kind to embed faith- and identity-sensitive wellbeing into mainstream school systems.
Our Objectives
- Equip students with tools to manage exam stress, anxiety, and self-esteem
- Create safe spaces to talk about culture, identity, and stigma
- Train staff to deliver inclusive, faith-literate wellbeing support
- Build lasting mental health capacity within schools
- Centre youth voice in curriculum design and school culture
Programme Reach
- 2,200+ students reached
- 100+ hours of student-led workshops
- 50+ staff trained
- 1 co-designed, 6-part mental health curriculum
- Now scaling across 18 schools in the Trust
Why Luton?
Luton’s young population is majority South Asian and Muslim. Schools face high levels of need:
- Mental health pressures from academic stress, cultural expectations & social media
- Gaps in faith- and culture-competent support
- A need for early, preventative, school-based wellbeing interventions
Resilient Minds responds by embedding mental health into school culture rooted in lived experience, faith equity, and real student insight.
What We Delivered
- Weekly student advisory sessions
- Mental health curriculum co-created with Year 10 pupils
- Training for teachers & pastoral leads
- Assemblies, enrichment, and creative arts-based wellbeing
- Evidence-led surveys and evaluations
Our Approach
Resilient Minds builds on the success of BCBN’s earlier Resilient Me pilot and sits within the broader vision of the Muslim Mind Collaborative to transform mental health access for Muslim communities.
We take an approach that is:
- Faith- and culture-competent
- Student-centred
- Evidence-informed
- Grounded in trust and collaboration
Partners & Support
This project is a partnership between BCBN, the Muslim Mind Collaborative, Chiltern Learning Trust, and Muslim Aid. Together, we’re reimagining what inclusive mental health in schools can look like, led by students, and shaped by community.
