One of our Big Sisters at Blackburn Central High School, Police Officer Louise Dunn shares her experience and personal journey of being a Big Sister to Alix… “It’s so satisfying to know that just being there for a teenage girl
YES I AM FAT AND?…….. First let me wish you all a rocking 2017 and start my year with a pretty personal blog. I never discuss my body image as I do not see it’s relevance however…. For the past
Big and Little Sisters at Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School, Rhyl, North Wales had a fab group event hosted by Sasha Kenney at Hoola Nation this month. Did you know there are over 474 things you can do with
GROWING UP A GIRL IN THE UK – NO THANKS! I feel compelled to put pen to paper about our girls this week. Over the past month the press have gone into meltdown over several new research reports highlighting the
This month sees us say a temporary goodbye to our School Engagement & Liaison Manager, Katherine Birch as she starts her maternity leave. Hopefully Katherine will return to us within the next 18 months and her energy and ‘I can’
Paige is a Big Sister on our programme at Blackburn Central High and has spent the past 6 months in a mentoring relationship with her Little Sister Ruckaya. Unfortunately due to a job move Paige has to step back this
This month another set of statistics hit my desk that made me flinch and know for certain we are in the right space at the right time. In the past year suicides among teen girls have risen by a third;
A few months ago Jane and the team at Blackburn Central High School delivered our brand new 2 hour, interactive workshop THE GIRL CODE to the girls and mentors on our Big Sister programme. Having repeated this at Blessed Edward
A message from our founder, Jane Kenyon: Anyone who thinks running a not for profit or charity is somehow less stressful or challenging than a commercial operation has obviously never done it or had the benefit of serious financial start-up
Our Big Sisters are amazing women. One of our team at Copley Academy Julie Chadwick a Director at BJL Group suggested a great event for the girls to coincide with their graduation. A day on a photo shoot for SimplyBe
We are looking for Big Sisters to join our team in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside & Lancashire!
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BE BOLD, BE BRAVE, BE BEAUTIFUL, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY BE YOU. BECAUSE YOU, ARE ALREADY ENOUGH AND ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE.