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April 12, 2025
Self esteem vs social media

Self-esteem and confidence play a crucial role in a young person’s development, shaping their mental well-being, academic success, and social interactions. Yet, many young people struggle with low self-esteem, which can impact their future opportunities and overall happiness. A survey by UK GOV found that a third to a half of adolescents struggle with low […]

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April 3, 2025
GRIT Wins Prestigious 'Sport for Good' Award from the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire, 28th March 2025 – Growing Resilience in Teens (GRIT) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the esteemed 'Sport for Good' award by the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. This prestigious recognition highlights GRIT’s commitment to using boxing and physical activity to positively impact the lives of young people across the county.  GRIT, […]

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January 28, 2025
Helping Herts; Helping us help you

We recently announced that we super excited to have been selected as a Helping Herts charity partner for 2025. Helping Herts are a charity campaign connecting 12 additional charities supporting families and the young people of Hertfordshire. Not only do they aim to raise awareness of the work each charity does within its relevant community(ies) […]

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December 16, 2024
Boost your Boundaries

I can’t lie that I sometimes feel pressure to be the ‘perfect’ parent. I’ve set up a charity to support young people with mental health and I wonder if people assume that because I’ve done this I must be a wonderful parent and my children are perfect. I’d like to set the record straight here – […]

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December 11, 2024
We are award winners!

On Friday 6th December, members of the GRIT team made their way into London's Hammersmith having been nominated for the Clinical Improvement in Mental Health award at the General Practice Awards. Among our fellow nominees were Hitchin and Whitwell PCN Carer's Cafe Team as well as Hitchin Tilehouse Rotary Club who were also shortlisted for […]

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November 13, 2024
A charity, a virus and a baby

Someone recently asked for a longer blog post for ‘newbies’ and as I was so grateful for audience participation I felt compelled to oblige.It also feels quite timely to reflect on where we are almost seven years since we first began. This time seven years ago we had recently submitted our first (of three attempts […]

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October 30, 2024
Another remarkable US woman

I know it’s been a while since the Olympics but I didn’t just want to jump on a bandwagon writing about various athletes even though we use the power of sport (non-contact boxing) to transform lives. I also wanted to watch the documentary about Simone Biles before writing this post. As I now have done […]

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October 21, 2024
Are you Ready for it? Life lessons from TS

I’ve got a new walk on song. For clarity, there is no chance that this will ever be put into real life practice but it is part of our programme and it’s fun to imagine your own walk on. The walk on is an opportunity for young people to experiment with how music makes them […]

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September 23, 2024
Knocking Out Anxiety

What if you stopped fighting against anxiety and instead fought WITH it? One of the most common reasons young people request support from GRIT is to help them manage their anxiety. For anyone who has experienced anxiety they will know how consuming it can be, how paralysing and sometimes life sucking its presence can be. […]

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September 9, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Man planning gruelling 16 hour Mount Everest climb on stairmaster for local charity; Growing Resilience in Teens

Biggleswade local, Alex Robertson-Cox is planning a non-stop stairmaster challenge equivalent to climbing from sea level to the top of Mount Everest – 8849m!The fundraising event was born out of Alex’s desire to do big challenges to raise money for charity, having had his own transformation through getting fit back in 2022. “Having completed my […]

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