Girls Journeying Together Programme

Nicki Brown, Rites for Girls CIC

Ages
10 - 12
Location
Woodfield Pavilion , Tooting Common
Next date
No upcoming dates
Tickets
£0

A summary

Girls Journeying Together groups offer a year of in-person monthly support for preteen girls as they practise being true to themselves, learn about puberty, share their hopes and fears, and help each other into their teens.

Girls gather for a fun, creative workshop once a month (term time) for a year. Each session is specifically designed to meet the needs of girls at this stage of their life. Topics include friendship, peer pressure, puberty, body image, beauty standards, managing emotions, self care, social media challenges, dreams for the future, mentors, and anything else that the girls wish to discuss.

At the same time the mothers meet to form a community of support for one another at this pivotal stage of parenting. The group supports girls as they enter adolescence and (if they go to school) to make the transition into secondary school. We support girls to emerge from adolescence stronger than they went in, working to prevent the high rates of anxiety, self-harm and low esteem.

Girls Journeying Together groups help girls enter their teens feeling self-assured and supported.
To find out more please visit our website: https://www.ritesforgirls.com/girls-journeying-together/

Tickets

Free taster session

£0
Children 10 - 12

Term dates

If you enjoy the free taster session and would like to join a Girls Journeying Together group, you are invited to sign up for the full programme. Sessions will be held on the following dates:

08/02/25
08/03/25
29/03/25
26/04/25
17/05/25
14/06/25
05/07/25
27/09/25
18/10/25
08/11/25
06/12/25
17/01/26

Each group session runs from 10am to 1pm and costs £35.
A bursary fund is available, offering free places to families receiving any of the following benefits:
Universal Credit
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
Income-based Employment & Support Allowance (ESA)
Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Guaranteed element of Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit and/or Working Tax Credit
Income Support
Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
You will be sent applications details with your joining instruction for the free taster.

SEND accessibility checklist

1:1 care

2:1 care

Qualified to administer medication

Epilepsy trained

Secure environment

Accessible toilet

Assist with personal care and toileting

Hoist and changing bench

Sensory or quiet spaces

Makaton trained

PECS trained

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About your mentor

Nicki Brown, Rites for Girls CIC

Supporting girls to be true to themselves

Nicki Brown, Rites for Girls CIC

I am on a mission to help make growing up for girls kinder, happier, safer and better supported. I am an Accredited Facilitator Rites for Girls CIC where we offer year-long groups for preteen girls, meeting once a month, with a supportive circle for mothers too. I have worked with children and young people for fifteen years and am passionate about children fulfilling their dreams and potential. I am a Trauma Informed Mental Health Practitioner for schools and communities, with an Advanced Certificate in Parent Child therapy. I have worked with children with SEND profiles for many years, and have a post grad in Autism Studies. I live in South London and am a mother to two teenagers.

Learning aims

Aim 1

To have good friends and to be a good friend

Aim 2

To claim her self-worth with confidence

Aim 3

To speak her truth

Aim 4

To tune into her inner compass- to trust her natural instincts and truest self

Aim 5

To understand, honour and care for her changing body

Aim 6

To discover her peers, and adult women in her life, as supporters and allies

Location

Woodfield Pavilion , 16a Abbotswood Road, Tooting Common, Greater London, SW16 1AP

Safety

Enhanced DBS

Basic DBS

Risk Assessment

Public Liability Insurance

Safeguarding Training

First Aid Training

First Aid Kit

Smoke Detector

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Cancellation policy

Free bookings do not require refunds but as places are limited, please cancel if you cannot attend so that your place can be offered to someone else. Once a girl decides to join Girls Journeying Together there is a single payment for the year, which can be paid in monthly instalments. We are able to offer fully funded places to families in receipt of a range of benefits, so please enquire for further details.

My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.