Ignition (2026)

15/05/2025

And sadly, that’s not all…

59% of young people report their mental health getting worse during the wait for support.

These stats are why we do what we do.

We help young people know who they are at their core, grow their confidence and empower them to be positive and healthy in all areas of their life🫶🏽

Happy, empowered young people who know exactly who they are and how amazing they are, means no need for long NHS mental health waitlists.

We don’t know about you but that sounds pretty amazing to us.

12/05/2025

A HUGE well done to G for passing her gel polish nails course💅

G has gone from being proud of beating someone up, to threatened at knife point in the PRU she was put into after being expelled from school, to discovering her dream of having a beauty salon and taking the first step .

In just 12 weeks, G has built her confidence, self worth and boundary setting skills so much.

Not only is she empowered to stand up for people in the future based on her experience of bullying, she’s got a plan to get back into education after not attending classes for 3 months.

We are so so proud of you G and can’t wait to see what you achieve next🌟

31/03/2025

This is most important thing you need to know about our sessions…

COLOURFUL POSTERS ONLY🖍️🎨👩🏽‍🎨🖼️

You have been warned🤣

22/03/2025

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17–23 March 2025)!🌈

At Spark, we are passionate about empowering children and young people of all abilities, embracing their unique strengths, and helping them thrive.

Neurodiversity is a vital part of the world we live in, and we celebrate the incredible talents, perspectives, and creativity that neurodivergent individuals bring to our communities.

Through our coaching and training, we support young people in building confidence, resilience, and self-belief - ensuring they feel valued, included, and empowered to reach their full potential.

This week, let’s continue to promote understanding, break down barriers, and create a world where every young person can shine.

21/03/2025

Wonderful artwork by ’s very own Haley!🧭🎨

This was our favourite posters from last week’s Ignition! coach training and was the thing that most people said they enjoyed learning about the most too!

Can’t wait for more flipchart masterpieces next month🎨🖌️👩🏽‍🎨

20/03/2025

We had so much fun on our Ignition! part 1 training last week🚀

A really wonderful group with some great insight and conversation.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended - can’t wait to see you all next month for part 2🫶🏽

14/03/2025

Did you know anxiety can be addictive?🧐

Let’s start with the basics.

As humans, we all have six fundamental needs - they’re not just nice-to-haves, they’re things we *must* meet. One of those core needs? Variety 🌈

Variety gives us excitement, change, and unpredictability. It can be met positively - through new experiences, learning, and meaningful interactions.

But it can also be met negatively.

Anxiety, can create the same sense of anticipation as excitement. And here’s the tricky part: our brain craves the chemical cocktail emotions create🍹

When we repeatedly feel anxious, our nervous system gets used to that state, forming a cycle that feeds itself. The more we experience it, the more we unconsciously seek it.

This is why it’s crucial to empower young people to break free from negative emotional loops.

Instead of just empathising with their struggles, we need to help them shift their focus, helping them understand that running the same thoughts is getting them the same outcome.

When they learn to meet their need for variety in healthier ways, they can create new chemical cocktails that feel good and get addicted to those instead!

Let’s set them up to win🙌🏽

12/03/2025

A huge warm welcome to our newest team member, Saqib🥳

Saqib is joining us on a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship and has already hit the ground running by completing part 1 of our Ignition! Coaches Training🤩

One week in and you’re already smashing it! Can’t wait to see all thing amazing things you’re going to achieve throughout your apprenticeship and beyond!

Welcome to the team Saqib🙌🏽

06/03/2025

You won’t want to miss this👀

If you want to work with young people and use deep dive interactive methods in a 1-2-1 coaching capacity or group setting, an Ignition! Travel Guide is the career choice for you!

Ignition! uses a combination of:
⚡️ coaching
⚡️ training
⚡️ conversation
⚡️ exploration

to empower young people to build confidence, boost self work and provide vision and direction when choosing options and career ideas.

Our coaches are called Travel Guides because they have the very important role of guiding young people through their Ignition! Journey🧭

Want to know more? Our next Ignition! Taster Day will be on Monday 31st March!

DM us today for more info - we’d love to chat!🧡

spark to your success | empowerment coaching | children and young people | teens

03/03/2025

Get the lesson, get the blessing and move!🏃🏽‍♀️

When we hit rock bottom the pain is the fire under you - the negative emotions are painful because they have a gift that you need to get quickly and get out of the pain.

Change rarely happens from inside your comfort zone🫣

The pain is the “not another day, not another minute, something’s got to change, I’VE got to change”

The mistake most people make though, is that they get out, get back to normal and get stuck in the comfort zone again so nothing is gained.

All that pain, all that change and zero progress🥲

For pain to cause lasting change two things need to happen:

💡 You have to create a future so compelling that you are not stopping at back to normal, you want more, a positive, incredible more that made all the pain worth it

💡 You need to create a new identity, create new beliefs about who you are, what you are capable of and that you deserve better in order to reach the new level and stay there.

If you do not change your identity, you will make it to the new but then get imposter syndrome and sabotage the new life.

Choose today to push yourself, create your new empowered identity and move forwards with condidence🫶🏽

24/02/2025

How did L-M go from being NEET (not in education, employment or training) to getting a job, as well as pursuing her beauty business part time?🤩

L-M struggled to cope with college environment and wasn’t ready to go to a training company or Princes Trust. She was referred to us through the Turnaround Programme for mentoring support around empowerment, future planning and confidence.

She was so shy that we didn’t know if she would come to the first meeting. Thankfully, she did and we had the pleasure of working with her.

L-M was very quiet, had low self esteem and generally seemed lost.

Fast forward 12 weeks and L-M’s confidence has sky rocketed and she has 4 lash/brow qualifications. The shy girl who barely made it to our first meeting was super chatty and motivated to get into employment!

We are so proud of everything L-M has achieved🥹

spark to your success | stoke on trent | staffordshire | youth coaching | young people

18/02/2025

Fuel, flow and vision boarding🤩

During our level 1 youth work session last month, we got the young people creating their own vision board.

We got them thinking about inside goals (eg. passing exams, do a personal development course etc) and outside goals (eg. a new car).

By getting to know what motivates them, they can understand themselves much better. This is something they can take into their work, not only in the way they work with young people but also helping the young people understand themselves better too💡

They really loved cutting and sticking the magazine articles to create their vision boards and they look fab!

What’s on your 2025 vision board?✨

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