Rugby Portobello Trust: Project Athena

Rugby Portobello Trust

Where

When

The activity runs from 6 September 2022 to 18 July 2023. The Young Kensington & Chelsea does not manage bookings for this activity and is not responsible for the delivery of the project. If you have any questions, please contact the organisation directly.

What

Project Athena was established in February 2017, providing a girls-only night for young women (aged 13 to 19) in order to help them navigate the incredibly difficult transitions between primary and secondary school and girlhood and womanhood.

Project Athena operates in term time on Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 9pm.

All of our sessions offer young women opportunities to acquire technical or practical skills, but they also learn to speak up for themselves and voice their opinions without fear of being judged or ridiculed. Individual sessions have included cooking, gym, trampolining, make-up and hygiene talks, jewellery making, lessons on making natural beauty products, wellbeing workshops and off-site trips.

Through Project Athena we are enabling young women to recognise their self-worth so they can decide for themselves how to shape their futures.