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.
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Our missionWe’re helping young people all around the world build positive body confidence and self-esteem. -
Parent & mentor resourcesUse 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. -
Teacher resourcesOur free, evidence-based resources for teachers have everything schools need to run successful curriculum-aligned body confidence workshops. -
Youth leader resourcesA 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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Talking about our bodies is like an unwritten rule in female friendship – many of us do it constantly and automatically: "I feel fat in these jeans," "I’ve put on so much weight," or "Gosh, my skin looks awful today." Talking about your looks might seem like a way to bond with your child and friends, but it’s worth considering what effect it could have.
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![Uniquely Me resources for parents]()
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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![Dove Self-Esteem Project in action]()
It's a shocking fact that eight out of 10 girls are so concerned about body image that they opt out of important life activities.
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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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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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Our Confident Me body-confidence teaching materials explore influences on young people's body image and self-esteem.
