{"id":6984,"date":"2021-09-28T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2021.cjg-annualreport.co.uk\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2021-10-25T12:42:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T12:42:02","slug":"amplifying-self-belief-in-young-women-glasgow-girls-club-sams-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2021.cjg-annualreport.co.uk\/?p=6984","title":{"rendered":"AMPLIFYING SELF-BELIEF IN YOUNG WOMEN | GLASGOW GIRL’S CLUB\u00a0\u2013 SAM’S STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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BY AMY REW<\/b>

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The Glasgow Girls Club (GGC)<\/a> is born from our sister organisation based in New York (NYC)<\/b>.\u00a0 <\/span>In 2013 I had the opportunity to spend a year in NYC, where I was deeply moved by the work of the Lower East Side Girls Club<\/span><\/a> (LESGC). LESGC is a non-profit that gives local young women a place to connect, thrive and grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The organisation serves a neighbourhood impacted by addiction, deprivation, crime and homelessness<\/b>. Having had personal lived experience of homelessness and isolation at the age of 16, I couldn\u2019t say no when the founder offered me the support to establish a sister Girls Club in Glasgow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

I had always been grateful and aware of the impact, of positive relationships, mentors, and networks <\/b>available to me, as I navigated the challenges faced by a teenage girl in a homeless setting. I had big dreams and an \u2018away from\u2019 goal \u2013 but it was the relationships and connections that I was able to make that helped me to move beyond the barriers I faced. Needless to say, this opportunity felt like a calling for me, and a way to use my own lived experience to give something back.<\/p>

Since inception in 2014 GGC has done so many fun things<\/b>, both at home and in NYC. We have taken 2 groups of young women to NYC to visit our LESGC sisters. Both trips were incredible experiences \u2013 we spent 5 days at camp in the Adirondacks, we hung out in Manhattan at LESGC, and we made short films aiming to inspire self-belief and amplify the voices of young women from around the world (you can see films by CLICKING ON THE LINKS BELOW<\/b>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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400 Million Girls\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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