Our unit team ran Free Being Me with the Brownies over 3 weeks. They watched Disney’s Brave and talked about her character and also discussed her image in the film against the look of an alternative, unrealistic image. They learnt and … Continued
I ran Free Being Me with my Guide unit (plus some visiting Brownies). We had never really covered body confidence as a unit before but the girls were really enthusiastic about the topic and responded really well. There were about … Continued
At Newcastle 25th Brownies we have been working towards our Free Being Me badge, including a fantastic visit from Peer Mentors who came into our Brownie group at the start and did some fab stuff to start us off! We … Continued
We completed the Free Being Me pack with our girls, they enjoyed drawing their ‘perfect’ princesses and creating their own newspaper articles to share messages from Free Being Me.
At Hearsall Baptist Church Coventry we want girls to be confident in their own bodies to know that they are unique and beautiful and that the perfect woman does not exist. Over the last few weeks all our guides have … Continued
Colbury brownies had a peer educator visit and came up with some amazing positive messages to share with other brownies.
We attempted the free being me activities as part of our training to become 4 peer educators! We had lots of fun destroying the image myth in our own ways including doing beauty bubbles!
We were very lucky to have a local peer educator run a couple of fantastic sessions with the girls in our unit. All our girls learnt a lot about positive body image and how to learn to embrace their individual … Continued
I ran a session for my girls after receiving the training from last year’s peer education conference in Birmingham. After doing the training I noticed not only my girls (who I go to school with) were spreading the message about … Continued
As a Peer Educator I attended the ranger unit to complete the Free Being Me Programme in their meeting hall. Whilst there the girls were very good at responding to the questions asked and gave very good opinions about how … Continued
I couldn’t wait to bring FBM to my unit after doing so much about it at Sangam. The guides embraced it whole heartedly and astounded me at their messages and heart felt beliefs about what they wanted to be and … Continued
At the end of October, the UK’s Peer Education team got together to discuss the progress of Free Being Me, and to make important decisions about the future. As we’re using Free Being Me to grow our peer education programme, … Continued