Girls Xpress!
Girls Xpress! is an award winning peer support group for girls who self harm ages 13-19. The group also campaigns for greater awareness of the issues facing young people who self harm and the support and services they need.
Girls Xpress! were recently featured on Comic Relief's Sports Relief Appeal 2008 following a visit from athlete Jade Johnson.
Girls Aloud and the Sugarbabes visit WISH
As part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2007 WISH project Girls Xpress had a visit from pop groups Girls Aloud and the Sugarbabes.
Keisha and Amelle from the Sugababes & Sarah from Girls Aloud met the girls, took part in an exercise and hung out for a chat about self harm and some of the issues surrounding it.
GXP meets Keisha, Amelle (Sugababes) & Sarah (Girls Aloud) GXP CENSORED
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Girls Xpress! have recently been interviewed for or written articles aboutyoung women and self harm in Asian Woman Magazine; Top of the Pops youth magazine, We Love Telly!, My Kinda Place youth website, Elle Girl magazine and many more.
We are a self help, peer support and counselling group who also campaign to improve awareness of and services to support young self harmers.
We are young women aged 13 -19 and are a mixture of girls in school, in care, and excluded. Many of us have been referred by agencies or schools; some are self referred.
Everything we do is in total confidence. We believe that through our activities and befriending support we are happier. We also provide text and msn support, and a crisis programme.
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Girls Xpress! Have made a documentary film and music video which can be seen at www.youthspace.net
Girls Xpress! Have won a number of awards including Deutche Bank Spotlight Young Campaigners; Salesforce.com International Youth Media Awards; Harrow Bright Young Things; Harrow Young Achievers; Princess Diana Memorial Awards for Service to the Community.
Girls Xpress! Accepts self referrals and agency referrals. Contact Rowena Jaber on 0208 416 7277 or email info@thewishcentre.org.uk