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.

She Is Supported Brings Together Girls - Brandon Centre

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.

She Is Supported Brings Together Girls - Brandon Centre

She Is Supported Brings Together Girls - Brandon Centre

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.

She Is Supported Brings Together Girls - Brandon Centre

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.

She Is Supported Brings Together Girls - Brandon Centre

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!

Watch our video of the evening