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 their confidence and self esteem
· engage better with education
· learn how to regulate their emotions
· improve their relationships and grow their aspiration
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.
2022/23: The results
In the academic year 2022/2023 we delivered programmes to 168 young women aged 10-16 across West Sussex. All of the girls showed a difference in the way they saw themselves at the end of the programme, compared to their statements at the beginning. Almost all told us that they believed their confidence had improved.
56%
of young women improved their school attendance
88%
of young women reported improved relationships
75%
of young women reported a greater positive contribution to school life, and their local community
87%
of young women reported improved aspiration
100%
of young women found coming to sessions helpful
Student feedback
“It brought my confidence up. I’m more happy, better at dealing with anxiety.”
“[It has given them] Bigger insight into future options of careers and a wider range of role models to take inspiration from.”
Teacher feedback
“In the last four weeks all student's attendance has improved. [There is] Increased engagement and willingness to attend and less apprehension about working with adults that are there to help them.”
“The programme helped me with understanding my feelings more and how to help them, I have felt more open and more comfortable with myself and others.”
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.