What is the Young Women's Group? We asked them:
"We are a group of girls aged 13-19 who meet from 6:30-9pm every Monday evening. The group gives us a chance to have a break from boys and talk about things that are important to us girls.
We drink tea and chat, play lots of 'Singstar' and do lots of other fun stuff like games, pampering, T-shirt painting, parties, photoshoots, trips and much, much more.
We also talk about things we want to know more about like sex education, healthy eating, bullying, body image, etc.
Not forgetting our weekend away at Butlins, which was great fun and we're hoping to get the chance to go away again soon."
Here are a few photos of the kind of things we get up to. If you're a young woman aged 13-19, you could join us too.
The group decided that they would like to have a residential trip in the summer to look forward to finishing their GCSEs. And so, on Friday 25th July 2008, myself and a volunteer took a small group of the girls to Butlins, Skegness for the weekend. The girls had raised money themselves for the weekend by applying to the Youth Opportunity Fund and were very involved in planning the weekend.
"On the evenings we... joined in quizzes, saw shows, danced lots and had our pictures taken with Butlins redcoats."
We all had a really good weekend and the weather was lovely. While we
were there we went swimming, went on the flumes at the fun pool and we
had a morning in the spa. We went to the beach where the girls all buried
me in the sand and we went to the funfair and bowling. On the evenings
we went along to the evening entertainment where we saw Nikki from
the X-factor, joined in quizzes, saw shows, danced lots and had our pictures
taken with Butlins redcoats. We had great fun and by the time we left
we were all exhausted but sad to come home.
Naomi Pointon
January
11th - Canvas Art and Discussion on the Environment
18th - Buzz game and Discussion on Christianity
25th - Party Night!!!
February
1st - Singstar and Games Night
8th - T-shirt painting for Butlins and Valentines Card Making
15th - BUTLINS TRIP!!! (places are going fast so you must attend group
regularly)
22nd - Cooking a meal with Fairtrade produce
March
1st - Pamper session and Sex and Relationship Project begins
8th - Theatre trip to see 'April in Paris'
15th - Sweet and truffle making
22nd - Swimming trip
29th - Film Night (bring your own sweets!!)