Building confidence and wellbeing in the age of body shaming through drama and dares with Ursula
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We have never faced such scrutiny of our bodies, or been under as much pressure to conform to a narrow definition of 'beauty.' Ldn Dares Drama Company supports people with low confidence, self-esteem and body image issues through performing arts. The social enterprise works with commissioners in mental health. It helps people develop and understand their self worth, build confidence and more, and has been nominated for the Innovation in Healthcare Lammy Award. Founder and CEO Ursula struggled herself for a period with her own mental health and talks us through what its 'dares' involve, how it measures and manages its impact, and how its varied progammes help people grow in confidence and self worth and create community value. What's an immersive treasure hunt? How do challenges and performance build confidence, self acceptance and behaviour change? How is Ldn Dares led by participants in some of its sessions? What sort of changes does that lead to? And how does it translate its impact in terms in building participants' confidence in its programmes, workshops and sessions into their day-to-day lives? Listen to find out. Links: Ldn Dares – https://www.ldndares.co.uk/ and its Impact report https://www.ldndares.co.uk/impactMore about Heidi's work at  https://www.makeanimpactcic.co.uk
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