Welcome to the Dove Self-Esteem Project

At Dove, we believe no young person should be held back from reaching their full potential. However, low body confidence and anxieties over appearance stop young people being their best selves, affecting their health, friendships and even performance at school.

For more than 10 years, we’ve been helping parents, mentors, teachers and youth leaders deliver self-esteem education that's reached more than 20 million young people so far. Join us to help reach even more.

Building Body Confidence - A Conversation Guide for Parents
For fun body confidence activities to help boost self-esteem in young people, download our Confidence Kit guide and start a conversation today.

Building Body Confidence - A Conversation Guide for Parents Download the guide

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Our mission
We’re helping young people all around the world build positive body confidence and self-esteem.

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Parent & mentor resources
Use our resources to help you to talk about body confidence with a special young person in your life and support them to become a self-assured individual.

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Teacher resources
Our free, evidence-based resources for teachers have everything schools need to run successful curriculum-aligned body confidence workshops.

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Youth leader resources
A body-confident young person is ready to go after their goals. Use our evidence-based activities and discussion topics to help get your group to talk about body image.

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A tool to build positive body confidence in your child
Start here, use our parent’s resource Confidence Kit to boost your child's self-esteem.

Average read time: 4mins read

As a parent, it’s natural to want the best for your child – for them to be happy, healthy and confident individuals.

But that’s sometimes easier said than done, especially during the teen and pre-teen years when their bodies are changing, their self-confidence is fragile and they are trying to make that tricky transition out of childhood.

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Body talk and positive body image for kids
Be mindful of how you talk to kids about their body.

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We’re talking about...

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Confident Me – five sessions
Teaching materials on body-image and the media – activities, videos and worksheets to help boost young people's body confidence and improve their self-esteem

Average read time: 3mins read

Our Confident Me body-confidence teaching materials explore influences on young people's body image and self-esteem.

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Confident Me – single session
Educational materials looking at the media's influence on body image and self-esteem, with videos, presentations and worksheets to help build young people's body confidence

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Teacher resources for our single session Dove Confident Me programme – all you need to run a one-off body-confidence workshop.

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Confident Me – training videos for teachers
Click here to watch our range of Confident Me training videos – all designed to help you deliver self-esteem workshops successfully.

Average read time: 4mins read

Click here to watch our range of Confident Me training videos – all designed to help you deliver self-esteem workshops successfully.

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Positive body confidence – how social media can affect body image
Why do young people love social media? And could their use of it cause body confidence issues? Advice on minimising the negative impacts of social media.

Average read time: 6mins read

In the dazzling world of social media, today’s youth are often living their lives in full view of an online audience. For those from a different generation, the idea of ‘checking in’ online or sharing a selfie to let people know where you are and what you're up to might seem bizarre. But for young people today, getting ‘likes’ on photos, posts or comments in the virtual world can bring a powerful sense of accomplishment and community acceptance.

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Puberty in girls: help your daughter through the transition to womanhood
Worried about how to guide your daughter through body changes in puberty? Our puberty facts, advice and tips will help her through the transition to womanhood

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The ups and downs of growing up can leave parents confused, and their daughters bewildered. Every girl’s experience of puberty is different, but this tumultuous time can be easier if you understand what's going on beneath the surface.

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Social media, filters and the ‘Selfie Talk’
With the rise of social media, filters and digital distortion there's never been a better time to have the 'Selfie Talk'.

Average read time: 6mins read

Social media, filters and digital distortion can make it hard to know what’s real and what’s not. Have the ‘Selfie Talk’ and help your child navigate online.

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Standing up against bullies
Standing against bullying will empower your kids.

Average read time: 3mins read

Standing up...

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