Our impact
The Juno Project provides support to young women experiencing significant challenges, most often with their mental health.
Through our programmes, young women and girls will:
improve self-awareness, understanding what their values are and how to ask for help when needed
improve relationships by a greater understanding of what makes a healthy or unhealthy relationship
learn how to regulate their emotions by understanding the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour
gain a greater sense of purpose and aspiration through increased attendance at school and building their own goals
Our workshops explore three key areas:
our relationship with ourselves
our relationships with others and
self-management skills and aspirations
We give participants unconditional positive regard and create a warm and reflective space in which they feel safe to explore their behaviours, attitudes, and responses.
We encourage young women to explore their own agency and to create powerful, positive stories about what they have survived, who they are, and what they can achieve.
Our transition workshop supports young women in Yr.6 to transition to high school, offering them a space to work through their fears and a Yr.11 mentor to support them in Yr.7.
Our programmes teach young women to value themselves, and their abilities, and to embrace their potential, so that they can take positive steps towards the future. This often means leaving negative friendship groups and behaviours behind and building a safer and more empowering network, that gives participants opportunities to share their gifts.
Since our inception in 2017, we have supported 700 young women aged 11-16 with complex vulnerabilities, to grow their confidence and self-esteem, and to stay engaged in education.
2025/25: Our impact
In the academic year 2024/2025 we delivered programmes to over 150 young women aged 12-16 in schools and community groups across West Sussex.
We have a monitoring and evaluation framework that details quantitative and qualitative data. A detailed pre- and post-questionnaire captures progress towards our four outcomes as detailed in our Theory of Change. These are as follows:
Improved self-awareness
Greater emotional regulation
Improved relationships
Greater sense of purpose
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94.3%
of young women had improved self-awareness
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89.6%
of young women reported greater emotional regulation
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90.5%
of young women reported improved relationships
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91.9%
of young women reported a greater sense of purpose
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100%
of young women responded that they would like to attend the programme again in the future
Student feedback
“I have learned that I can be happy sometimes…that I belong in the world, and it doesn’t hate me.”
“It has given me a chance to think maybe I can do something with my life.”
“The program has been great for our students; they all engaged and took a lot away from it. Attendance has improved for most, and their confidence has grown.”
Teacher feedback
“We have two school refusers that only came in for Juno, and have now continued to come into school since it finished.”
“I see my values as important things now and I can recognise the things that are unique about me. I have a place in this world. I am not just here to live and die.”
“I haven’t self-harmed since being on the programme”
We couldn't do any of this great work without the support of schools, parents and funders. Find out how you can help us reach even more young women and girls.