Here Girls Can was first introduced to Herefordshire secondary schools in 2018, using the platform of the national This Girl Can campaign. The programme has gone from strength-to-strength. In 2022, we united Here Girls Can with the county-wide School Games programme to enable us to utilise complementary messaging and resources associated with each programme, alongside working in closer collaboration with local partners. This report describes how the event was co-designed by pupils, our finders, and the impact of the campaign.
A follow-up report from the Here Girls Can Festival which took place in September, funded through the Government’s Covid-19 Outbreak Management Funds grant as part of Herefordshire Council’s Covid-19 recovery plan, supporting economic recovery and improving wellbeing in Herefordshire. Alongside detailing insight and feedback from the day, we are also now able to include longer-term impact from schools who attended the first festival back in March.