Dove Self-Esteem Project UK – For Secondary Schools

The Dove Self-Esteem Project empowers young people to embrace their uniqueness and think critically about media influences. The free, evidence-based resources have been written by experts and include everything you need to carry out engaging, curriculum-aligned body confidence lessons.

Confident Me Resources (ages 11-14)

Teach your pupils important strategies to protect and build self-confidence with the Confident Me programme.

Confident Me is helping secondary school teachers meet national curriculum objectives in statutory health education, PSHE, Health & Wellbeing, and literacy across learning.

Pupils learn to:

• Examine the impact of unrealistic expectations for body image and unhealthy or obsessive comparison with others both online and offline.
• Critically explore how the media presents information: distinguishing fact from fiction.
• Talk about their emotions, recognise the signs of early mental wellbeing concerns and take part in structured discussions with their peers.
• Explore their own uniqueness and learn how to shift the conversation away from appearances.

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“The sessions were EXTREMELY beneficial to my students. It will no doubt make them think twice about images and videos they see posted online in the future. The message of accepting you for who you are was also very evident through all the sessions and what a great message that was for them all to take away with them.” Secondary School Teacher

What’s included?

Confident Me (5-lesson-pack)

Five x 50-minute lessons on appearance ideals, media messages, body comparisons, body talk and how to become a body confidence champion.

Each lesson includes a teacher guide with a lesson plan, PPT slide deck and activity sheet.

Confident Me (single session)

One x 50-minute lesson on appearance pressures, body comparisons, challenging appearance ideals and building body confidence. The single session includes one teacher guide with a plan for the session, one PPT slide deck and worksheets.

All resources can be delivered flexibly within health education lessons, during tutor time or even as part of an assembly.

Dove has been helping young people reach their full life potential by delivering body confidence and self-esteem education since 2004. By 2030 they will have helped ¼ billion through their educational programmes.

Join a community of teachers across the UK who are encouraging their pupils to become more self-aware and reach their potential with The Dove Self Esteem Project.