Amazing Potential Ltd has completed a 2 months Mental Wellness Lab with teachers from Future Kids Primary, creating a structured space for participants to explore emotional wellbeing, social confidence and financial capability.
The programme combined reflection, practical learning and conversations around the realities participants experience in their everyday lives.
To understand what changed during the programme, Amazing Potential Ltd conducted baseline and midline assessments. The baseline captured participants’ starting position, while the midline assessment measured movement after 2 months. Six of the seven participants who completed the midline assessment had also completed the baseline, allowing for a broadly consistent comparison across the two rounds.
Entrepreneurial confidence recorded the biggest movement
The most significant change was recorded in participants’ confidence in their ability to start or grow an income-generating activity.
At baseline, the average score for the statement “I feel capable of starting or growing an income-generating activity” was 2.63 out of 5.
After 2 months, the average had risen to 4.29 out of 5, representing a 1.66-point increase — the largest movement recorded across the indicators assessed. At baseline, 75% of respondents rated themselves at 3 or below on this measure. At midline, 100% rated themselves at 4 or 5.
The shift is particularly notable because entrepreneurship was identified by 25% of baseline respondents as the area they most wanted the Lab to improve.
Other areas also showed movement
The assessment recorded more modest changes in other areas.
Participants’ average rating for feeling capable of improving their financial situation increased from 3.75 to 4.00, while their ability to understand and manage their emotions increased from 3.88 to 4.00.
At the same time, several core emotional wellbeing and social confidence indicators remained broadly steady. The assessment also identified areas requiring further reflection, including a slight increase in reported feelings of emotional overwhelm and a decrease in self-rated confidence in abilities.
This is important because the purpose of monitoring a programme is not simply to celebrate positive movement. It is also to understand where participants may need continued support.
From learning to action
The midline reflections showed that participants were connecting the programme to practical changes in their lives.
Among the most meaningful takeaways were learning how to save, developing a healthier money mindset, planning before spending and distinguishing between needs and wants. Participants also described intentions to build savings habits and share what they had learned with others in their communities.
For Amazing Potential Ltd, these reflections reinforce the importance of creating learning experiences that connect personal wellbeing with practical life skills.
The Mental Wellness Lab with Future Kids Primary teachers is part of APL’s wider work to strengthen human capacity by creating spaces where people can reflect, learn and translate that learning into action.
2 months can create movement. The deeper work is creating the conditions for that movement to continue.
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