The crisis in the mental health of girls and young women in the UK is escalating, with a recent Girls Guide report finding that girls are more unhappy now than they have ever been. The lack of early intervention support means low self-esteem is allowed to develop unchecked.

In this At The Forefront, Mary Rose speaks to Char Bevan, founder and CEO of girls' mental health charity Flourish. As a youth support worker Char wasn’t willing to accept the despondent attitude that girls' mental health was 'just how it is' she found amongst many of her colleagues. And so, Flourish was born.

As the only girl-focused specialists working on early intervention, Flourish is a unique and ground-breaking organisation in Warwickshire.

By offering one-to-one and group mentoring programmes, Flourish are helping girls to tackle the issues that are holding them back. They create a space for girls to look at challenges, create solutions and reach their potential.

The results speak for themselves.

Since its creation in 2014, Flourish have helped over 1,000 girls aged 11-18 with an incredible 86% reporting improvement in their well-being and 82% seeing an improvement in the self-esteem as a direct result of Flourish.

Watch now to find out what Char thinks are the biggest challenges to girls, and how we can make a difference to the girls and women in our lives.

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