New Scouse Girl Social event brings together icons, fashion and brand favourites to inspire girls

A brand new event in Liverpool is bringing together amazing female-led brands and inspirational women to empower young girls, and help boost their confidence and resilience.

Scouse Girl Social will feature a pop-up market covering fashion, make-up and skincare and wellness, with big favourites like Charlotte Tilbury, Red Run, and Peaches & Cream. There’ll also be interactive workshop sessions, female DJs, catwalk shows and live performances showcasing local talent.

Taking place at BOXPARK on October 12, it has line-up of guests who’ve all become successful in their own fields, from Liverpool fashion designer Francesca Kearns to world champion boxer Natasha Jonas.

Scouse Girl Social has been created by Girls With Dreams Club, a Liverpool-based CIC which runs events in the community to help girls to feel empowered, equipping them with the tools and strategies to navigate life from teenage years into adulthood.

GWDC was the idea of businesswoman Nicola Byrne, founder of Urban Calm beauty business and Mini Madams, a first of its kind spa for girls.

She teamed up with co-director Sarah Worsley who works in schools and colleges as a counsellor.

Sarah explains:

“For last 18 months I’ve been working with girls, so I see behind the scenes of what the issues are as well as what we think they are.

“For example I can see the damage that having a mobile from a very young age can do. Comparison is the thief of joy and unfortunately kids aren’t born with critical thinking skills, it’s something they develop as they get older. 

“One of the things at GWDC that we discuss with girls is when you go to bed at night you’ve got to feel happy with yourself. You can’t be dependent on external validation, it doesn’t matter about the number of likes you got.

“We focus on building resilience, confidence, community and knowing they’ve got choice – we really want them to find a sense of belonging because that’s what can be missing.”

Sarah says it’s important that girls have positive role models, which is why they wanted to put together such an eclectic line-up of successful women as guest speakers for Scouse Girl Social.

“The event is for pre-teens and teens up to 18, but we’re starting from age 10 because that’s when they start to pull away from their parents and it becomes more peer to peer.

“Research shows the earlier the intervention, the better the outcome. Kids are going to be listening to people no matter what so we need to get them hearing the right people, and have those positive influences.

“When we were inviting speakers to the event we thought, who do we feel is going to inspire, who has a story about having to develop resilience, where they’ve faced challenges or negativity and overcome it?

“It’s about showing that it doesn’t come easy, running a business or having a successful career is hard, and often young girls don’t see all of that. They don’t realise what it’s taken to get there.”

Nicola and Sarah hope this Scouse Girl Social will be the first of many and, with profits going back into Girls With Dreams Club, it will enable them to carry on holding events that create a lasting impact on girls in Liverpool.

Sarah says she hopes it will leave girls feeling seen, supported and celebrated.

“I hope the girls walk away with an ‘I can do it’ attitude and parents think that finally something’s connecting with their kids,” she adds.

Find out more about Scouse Girl Social here.

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