Welcome to Confidence Club!
Middle School (Grades 5-8)
FREE SMALL, IN-PERSON GROUPS
Confidence Club provides girls with a positive adult role model and creates a safe space for girls to develop self-esteem and social emotional intelligence. Confidence Club is a facilitated discussion group that creates a BRAVE SPACE for girls.
The small group meets weekly with a professional mentor to share concerns and interests. The curriculum-based program builds social emotional intelligence and self-esteem, the building blocks of a confident leader.
Groups won’t meet on half days or during spring break. We follow the public school calendar for snow days.
We will continue to follow COVID-19 precautions: Our mentors are fully vaccinated.
Winter 2025 Locations:
Wakeman Boys and Girls Club, Thursday, 4:00-5:15pm | Bridgeport
Center for Family Justice, Tuesday, 5:00-6:15pm | Bridgeport
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Fridays, 12:00-1:00pm | Bridgeport
Fairfield Parks and Recs Center, Thursday, 6:15-7:30pm | Fairfield
Fairfield Woods, Monday, 3:00pm-4:00pm | Fairfield
Saxe 5/6, Wednesday, 8:05-9:05pm | New Canaan
Saxe 7/8, Monday, 2:40-3:40pm | New Canaan
New Canaan Library, Thursday, 4:00-5:15pm | New Canaan
Mill River Crossing, Wednesday, 4:15-5:30pm | New Haven
Eastview Terrace, Tuesdays, 4:15-5:30pm | New Haven
Rippowam, Monday, 2:00pm-3:15pm | Stamford
First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, Wednesday, 5:30-6:45pm | Stamford (Bilingual)
Stamford Boys & Girls Club, Wednesday, 4:00-5:00pm | Stamford
Wooster Middle School, Thursday, 2:30-3:45pm | Stratford
Boys & Girls Club Waterbury, Fridays, 4:00pm-5:00pm | Waterbury
Our Curriculum
“Out of 1-10 ranking Maggie gave you guys a 10,000!”
Confidence Club provides a supportive, brave space for fun, confidence-boosting activities.
Our typical curriculum outline is as follows:
• Weeks 1-3 - LIVE your true self: Affirmations & loving yourself; Perspective & communication
• Weeks 4-5 - LIVE brave: Building positive relationships & healthy conflict resolution; Embodying resilience & perseverance to overcome obstacles; self-advocacy
• Weeks 7-9 - LIVE kind: Connecting positively with yourself and others; having a positive impact on the world around you
• Week 10 - LIVE your power: Becoming a leader; activating to change the world
Each week, we'll have an icebreaker, topic introduction, activities to support the topic, along with fun activities in our Activity Book!
Skills Learned
Our Confidence Coaches
Our team of professionals have extensive experience in youth development and women’s studies. Each member of our team has been background checked and throughly vetted.
Post-Program Survey Highlights
Testimonials
““I look forward to the Confidence Club program every week. I love that I can speak freely and learn from other girls.””
““At Confidence Club, I feel like my voice is being heard and that I can say what I’m feeling in a safe place.””
““At Confidence Club, I learned how to talk about what I’m feeling and to let people help me.””
““Confidence Club taught me that you do not have to be born a leader and that I can be a leader too.””
THERE IS A CONFIDENCE CRISIS
READ
Social and Emotional Learning Has Never Been More Important—or More Difficult
Schools are increasing the focus on students’ mental health but run into challenges in online classrooms
By Julie Jargon, Wall Street Journal
Note: The CT Governor’s mask mandate expired on 2/28 and masking policies are now determined by local control.LiveGirl's priority is making sure our girls and mentors are safe and we follow local mask policies. Where the policy is mask optional, we are intentional about creating a safe space where girls feel comfortable exercising their decision on whether or not to wear a mask.
