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 … Continuado
This fantastic bunch of girls completed Free Being Me over three 1hr sessions in East Kilbride in Scotland. They loved doing their ‘perfect princesses’, hearing all about Milly and Gilly the mice and wrote some fantastic news articles about Free … Continuado
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 … Continuado
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 … Continuado
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 … Continuado
Colbury brownies had a peer educator visit and came up with some amazing positive messages to share with other brownies.
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 … Continuado
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, … Continuado