Our Butterfly Extra programme provides specialist support for those with additional needs and more complex lives.
Butterfly Extra is an eight to twelve-session programme that provides additional longer-term, more specialist support for children and young women aged 10-18 years with additional needs and complex lives.
Using evidence-based interactive tools and exercises, participants are supported to:
- Identify and discuss complex issues that affect their self-esteem and self-image
- Raise their aspirations
- Design realistic paths to achieving their goals
We deliver this programme in Schools, alternative education settings such as Pupil Referral Units, Care Homes, Community Settings and as 1-2-1 workshops.
Butterfly 1-2-1
The Butterfly 1-2-1 is for young women who are experiencing particular difficulties and for whom settings are challenging or inappropriate.
Young women often start with the 1-2-1 and then graduate to a group programme, or they run alongside the Butterfly Extra programme.
You can self-refer to our Butterfly Project, although we will require parental/ guardian consent.
Our Impact
Since 2012, we have engaged with over 7000 beneficiaries. Our initiatives have included confidence-building courses, 1-2-1 mentoring, community drop-ins, media and creative projects, peer education, and family support.
After taking part in one of our projects, 95 of participants said they had learned a new skill and 90% said that they now believe they can achieve their goals.
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