Cupcakes, affirmations and stress balls
Our sensory evening with the Deputy Mayor of London
It’s not everyday that you spend an evening with the Deputy Mayor of London, Joanne McCartney sharing cake, but our Islington girls did just that.
Since we’ve started the She is Supported (or SIS) project a year and a half ago, we’ve done lots of different things to empower and support 400 girl’s wellbeing in the local community.
Funded by the Mayor of London and in collaboration with Highbury Roundhouse, Mary’s Youth Club and Prospex, we’ve hosted qualified youth worker activities, personalised 121 mentoring, therapy sessions and even annual retreats, but this evening in July was particularly special.
With our other partners, we put together a sensory Girls Supergroup evening and invited 40 girls from the ages of 10 to 24 to decorate, ice and taste cupcakes, create their own squishy stress balls, paint art across their arms, and write down affirmations before sticking them to a tree.
For us, it was a chance to get together with the other organisations and work closely to provide a fun evening. And as we were joined by the Deputy Mayor of London, Islington Councillors and The Greater London Authority, we had the opportunity to highlight and showcase the important work that we do for our girls in an inspiring, supportive network.
It was a great evening, we got to show our work in action and our girls got a fun night hanging out together. And to make it that little bit better, we all shared pizza at the end!