Girls Out Loud is a UK based social enterprise that was set up in 2010. There mission in their own words is “…to empower and inspire teenage girls in the UK and beyond to have confidence, self belief, emotional resilience and a positive self image which, in turn, supports them to think big, embrace risk and reach for the stars”.

How can that not just make you smile, to know that there are people working to help the a future generation of women realise their potential before most women ever would, in adulthood. Some of us going through unnecessary blows do to a lack of confidence in our own self belief. When I head of Girls Out Loud it certainly struck a cord with me and I wanted to know how I could help.

I then learnt about the Big Sister programme that they run, in which they go into…