This International Women’s Day, Bristol Bears Community Foundation is shining a light on the power of sport to accelerate action through our Bear In Mind programme, supported by Xledger.
Designed to support mental health and emotional wellbeing, the Bear In Mind programme equips girls in secondary education with the tools to build self-confidence and to cope with the wider issues faced by young women across modern society today.
As part of the programme, Bear In Mind participants visited Xledger, partners of the programme, to develop their leadership skills and confidence by delivering a session on Boccia to staff. Xledger also provided the girls with techniques and tips for before, during and after interview opportunities.
Laura Brewster, from Xledger, said: “Our tagline is empowering ambition and the Bear In Mind project really delivers on that so we can really see how we can empower the girls and get them thinking about their futures and what they need to do to get on the path that they want to get on to.”
The Bear In Mind programme encourages girls to not only maintain an interest in sport and physical activity but also investigate topics such as stress, resilience, self-care, body image, the impact of social media and positive relationships.
Deja, Abbeywood Community School pupil and Bear In Mind participant, said: “It’s a programme where they help kids who, not make bad choices but usually can get frustrated or maybe have anxiety, to basically relieve their stress. It helped me reach levels I wasn’t able to reach before as in the way of anxiety and being able to use.”
