The XL project began as a course aimed at excluded or nearly excluded young people between the ages of 11 and 18. The course aims to provide activities that encourage and develop key life skills that could help young people get back into school, onto a training course, get a job or just simply improve their quality of life. The activities the XL course incorporates are 1:1 mentoring, team building skills, listening and social skills, dealing with anger, prejudices and labels, and a community focused session.  This has been a successful course and highly beneficial for the young people involved as it offers an active and participatory style of learning which engages many young people who struggle in school.

As an extension to this course we are now looking to focus on the mentoring aspect and develop both one to one and small group mentoring to help support young people more fully in their day to day lives.