MY STORY
I first came to Getaway Girls in January 2011 and was involved in doing a culture programme. I was referred to Getaway Girls because of my behaviour at school, I was fighting, argueing with teachers and found school really boring.
When Getaway Girls came to my school it was totally different, it turned out I knew the worker. I started a 6 week programme and really enjoyed it. I was also in trouble at home, argueing with my mum, smoking weed. I needed something to do on a night so I joined the Positive ID group, at that time my confidence was low and I needed something to be enthusiastic about.
I worked on the art work , the grafitti and painting and found out about all the stuff in the museum like footbinding and the corsets women wore. We did an exhibition and I spoke at the launch held in the museum.
I went on residentials, did loads of activities in the summer like raft building, climbing, zumba and belly dancing.
Getaway Girls has helped me control my behaviour, given me something to do and helped me meet new people. I’ve built a better relationship with my mu, she can see that I’m doing good at Getaway Girls and school. I can now talk to my mum about certain things including problems.
Getaway Girls have given me the push I needed and I hope I will continue to grow!
