Building Confidence, Growth, and Meaningful Relationships: The Cherished Course

15 years of delivering the Cherished Course across schools in Birmingham.

The Cherished Course: Our course for girls in school

Our Cherished Course is for eight referred girls in either primary or secondary school, focusing on key areas essential for their personal growth and wellbeing. Through creative activity and discussion, we explore topics such as self-esteem, emotions, identity, social media and relationships. We equip each girl with the tools and confidence she needs to navigate life’s challenges and embrace her unique identity.

Every girl is provided with a range of resources, including her own journal and tool kit. Through building relationships, the Cherished Course supports every girl to know her worth and feel Cherished.

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The Cherished course includes:

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All About Me

Understanding ourselves and others. What makes us who we are.

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Kindness & Gratitude

A session to recognise the ways to show kindness, gratitude and hope through navigating life’s challenges.

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Building Friendships

Identifying a healthy vs unhealthy friendship and the ways to be a better friend.

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Being Online

Identifying social media use, current influences or trends and the impact this can have.

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Understanding Emotions

A session for the girls to identify the different emotions that we experience. Each girl creates her own toolkit to regulate her emotions.

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Self-esteem & Confidence

A session to build self-esteem and confidence through recognising what makes us unique. We explore what can influence our self-esteem and the ingredients for positive self-esteem.

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Relationships

A session for the girls to identify all of the different relationships that they have in their life, and to reflect on the qualities that contribute to a healthy relationship.

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Strengths, Hopes & Dreams

The final session gives the girls a space to reflect on their strengths that they have developed throughout the course and identify their hopes and dreams for the future.

The voice of our Cherished girls

“Cherished is where my heart found its home.”

Yr 5 Cherished Girl

“At Cherished, everyone was really kind and made me feel normal. The leaders made me feel safe and I loved the course.”

Yr 9 Cherished Girl

“Before the Cherished Course, I felt negative and thought that I was different and I felt stupid for feeling that way. The course made me feel a lot happier, confident and more like myself. I felt like I was a part of something and I felt less alone. I have felt heard and loved.”

Yr 10 Cherished Girl

“The Cherished Course is great for building confidence and helping wellbeing. It is a safe environment where you can talk freely.”

Yr 9 Cherished Girl

“The course has helped me a lot. It made me more confident and I have learnt new things about myself. I made new friends and feel happier being me.”

Yr 8 Girl

“Before Cherished I felt empty. I have struggled a lot with finding a person to talk to, so when I joined this group I felt comfortable and free to speak.”

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Refer a group of children for a course

If you would be interested in referring a group of children for any of our courses, please click the button below to complete the referral form.