Our project empowers participants with a secure foundation to cope with many of the challenges that they confront in society today. As the UK government requires the promotion of British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for modern life, the IHEART curriculum has been designed with this requirement at the forefront of our minds. The content of the sessions provide an excellent approach to developing this understanding on a whole school level, evident in the following ways:

* By learning about separate realities, students discover how to welcome and accept differences, rather than feel judgmental or discriminatory.

* By understanding where their feelings are coming from, students are better equipped to respond to destructive and extremist viewpoints.

* By learning about the shared ways in which all people operate psychologically, students have an increased respect for others and tolerance for diversity, as well as a greater capacity to reduce conflict and bullying.