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Programme Content

In-depth Mental Health Curriculum – including exploration of science & interventions, discovering individual characteristics and the wider landscape and issues in society.

Personal Impact workshops and activities, including life design, creativity workshops, behavioural change, storytelling, innovation and plan activation

Learning through

  • Three immersive 3-day courses
  • Weekly content and peer sessions – including talks, workshops and group exercises
  • Content delivered by world-class experts in mental health and personal development
  • Action learning sets and peer coaching
  • Professional coaching around your personal plan (6 sessions)
  • Benefit from the expertise of a mentor during the Design phase onwards
  • Connect with Zinc’s portfolio of startup companies working in the mental health space
  • Visits to pioneering mental health organisations

Programme Structure

This 9 month programme requires a commitment of 3 x 3 days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), weekly evening sessions (Wednesdays) and further self-directed learning.

Total of 125 hours across the 9 month programme, average weekly commitment of 3 hours with additional self-directed learning.

What are the benefits of the Academy?

  • Understand more about the best thinking in the world of Mental Health
  • Develop and practice real world skills, learning from the best
  • Develop a game plan to turn what you care about into action
  • Connect to peers from different backgrounds who also want to make a difference
  • Gain traction in the path to impact and change
  • Be part of the growing Zinc movement

What it isn’t

  • A “passive” learning journey – you’ll drive the change
  • A startup factory – ventures aren’t the only way to drive that change
  • Somewhere that believes you have to quit your job to make a difference

 

Like everything we do at Zinc, the Academy is mission-driven, trans-sector, action-obsessed, applies the best research and knows that the journey is yours to own.

Timeline

The programme is split into three 3-month phases – Open & Discover, Inspire & Design and Embed & Change:

Open & Discover

discover

Be exposed to a radical and comprehensive mental health curriculum. Receive support to help you explore your own connection to the mission area, understand your particular skill set and how you can drive meaningful change.

Inspire & Design

design

Build connections with successful innovators inside the mental health space and take part in creative workshops to focus your interest and design your plan.

Embed & Change

change

Activate your plan alongside the sustained support of an Executive Coach, a Mental Health Mentor, the Zinc Team, and your fellow Cohort.

Post-programme

post programme

Continue to be part of the extensive and valuable Zinc community.

Meet some of the Pioneer
Programme Cohort

Abigail Kerr

Abigail Kerr

Agnes Mwakatuma

Agnes Mwakatuma

Dr Alex Vallakalil

Dr Alex Vallakalil

Ariana Alexander-Sefre

Ariana Alexander-Sefre

Bea Herbert

Bea Herbert

Bella Santa Cruz

Bella Santa Cruz

Dale Greenwood

Dale Greenwood

Ed Kirwan

Ed Kirwan

Erin Hallett

Erin Hallett

Eva Acs

Eva Acs

Freya Hickman

Freya Hickman

Hannah Keal

Hannah Keal

John Sherwood

John Sherwood

Jonan Boto

Jonan Boto

Lucy Wallace

Lucy Wallace

Megan Whelan

Megan Whelan

Priya Chandé

Priya Chandé

Rachel Parker

Rachel Parker

Salman Razzaki

Salman Razzaki

Sean Scott

Sean Scott

Dr Shah Tarfarosh

Dr Shah Tarfarosh

Sophia De Rosnay

Sophia De Rosnay

Tim Hand

Tim Hand

Ushma Baros

Ushma Baros

Willy Thomas

Willy Thomas

Our Faculty Team & Contributors

Eleanor Ford

Academy Director

Eleanor Ford

Academy Director

Dr Iain Jordan

Mental Health Academy Lead

Dr Iain Jordan

Mental Health Academy Lead

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