SPROUT
Growth starts with Spurgeons
What is SPROUT?
Spurgeons are the sole providers of the SPROUT programme – an 8-week course which acts as early intervention to enable young girls to develop positive behaviours and take steps towards a brighter future.
The programme aims to enable girls to feel empowered and supported to develop their own identity both now, and on into the future. The content of each session explores topics which girls experience within today's society, seeks to develop their understanding and provide tools to support their journey into adulthood.
Who is SPROUT for?
SPROUT is designed to support girls between the ages of 10-18 who have been identified as being in potential risk of exploitation, grooming or criminal involvement.
SPROUT was developed by Spurgeons’ Targeted Child and Youth Intervention Team in response to the growing number of young girls becoming involved in criminal activity or at risk of exploitation.
The programme offers a blend of group sessions and one-to-one support, providing a safe and structured environment where girls can:
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Learn how to make safer, more positive choices
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Build their understanding of healthy and respectful relationships
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Reduce their vulnerability to crime and harmful behaviours
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Empower them to develop resilience, confidence and self-worth
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Support them to become the best versions of themselves
SESSION 1: Who are we and who are you?
AIMS: This session sets the enabling and empowering environment by beginning the positive relationship with facilitators and participants. The group is introduced to the content and themes of the programme, and how they link to together. It also establishes the group and encourages trust, respect and openness in the safe supported environment. Supports the beginning of sharing within the group.
OBJECTIVES: participants will have been introduced to the overall programme content, delivery style and some of the programme materials. Begin to be reflective about their own experiences and how its shaped them and begin to explore their role as a girl and young women
SESSION 2: What is it like to be you?
AIMS: This session explores identity and celebrates individuality of members. The aims are to support the group to identify their uniqueness and what elements of their identity are important in differing contexts and, by doing so, to celebrate their own personal brand. The session also explores the stereotyping of females, awareness for body images, misogyny and how this places expectations for themselves developing into adulthood.
OBJECTIVES: Participants will have reflected on their own identity, how they are seen and how other see them
SESSION 3: What matters to you?
AIMS: The aims of this session will be to explore and provide definitions for our values as individuals. It firstly aims to identify what the values are and secondly why they exist for each person. Where possible, the facilitators will explore further into the experiences behind each value and give a greater understanding as to why they are significant for each person. The session will also look at understanding the physical and emotional experiences behind each value and considers the family within each addition.
OBJECTIVES: The outcomes of this session will be that through reflection, group participants will be able to identify and acknowledge the values they hold for themselves as individuals, values for their family, and those they may hold for friends and for the wider community.
SESSION 4: Wellbeing, resilience and self-care
AIMS: This session introduces the topic of resilience and explores what is this means and how resilience can be developed. The session provides an opportunity share individual stories and strategies for managing emotions, consider what makes them feel stressed or angry. The session encourages self-care and wellbeing, with engaging the group to participate in self-care activity and to identify others.
OBJECTIVES: The participants will have practical tools for supporting their resilience and self-care and considered how they respond to others.
SESSION 5: Relationships and networks
AIMS: The aim of this session is to enable everyone to identify their own support networks, who they can seek support from and acknowledging different support will be needed in differing situations. This session will also explore healthy safe relationships and unsafe and will introduce the concept of domestic abuse.
OBJECTIVES: Awareness of their support networks. Promotion of safe heathy relationships, participants will be able to understand and describe the different types of behaviour that can constitute domestic abuse and have awareness of the support available.
SESSION 6: Safety
AIMS: To provide an opportunity explore safety across many aspects of life. This will consider physical safety and online safety.
OBJECTIVES: Participants to have greater awareness of the risks in the digital world and practical tool to keep safe. Developed their own safety plan for this own world.
SESSION 7: Thinking about the future
AIMS: The session aims to provide an opportunity to think about the future. Explore dreams and aspirations, ambitions and goals.
OBJECTIVES: Participants will be thinking ahead for future goals
SESSION 8: Thoughts, reflections and goodbyes
AIMS: This session is to consolidate the programme sessions, enabling the group to think about the future and aspirations. The session will recap on support networks, wellbeing and resilience. Through this session participants will be encouraged to understand the role they have in their own development. It will also create an environment for positive affirmations to be shared in the ending and goodbye session as closure to the programme. Each participant will be celebrated for their contribution and highlights of some key moments will be shared.
