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Partner with The Future You Project to support young women across Aotearoa. Work with us to deliver wellbeing, leadership and coaching programmes in your community. THE INSIDE STORY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Real change happens when we work together. FYP partners with schools, communities, and organisations who share our vision of empowered, connected young women shaping the future of Aotearoa. We believe in the power of collective impact where coaching and wellbeing initiatives don’t just touch individual lives, but strengthen entire ecosystems of support. From educators to parents, youth mentors to local councils, every partnership helps us reach more young people and build long-term capacity for change. Ways we can collaborate: Parents & other whānau: If you want us to deliver our programme to your child’s school, let’s talk. Schools & educators: Co-design workshops that integrate with your wellbeing or leadership programmes. Community & youth organisations: Develop group coaching or mentoring sessions tailored to local needs. Corporate & funding partners: Help bring FYP programmes to schools and communities that need them most. We love partnering with organisations whose values align with ours and we acknowledge all supporters accordingly. Our partnerships are built on shared values of aroha, hauora, empowerment, and connection. Contact Vicky directly if you would like to discuss how best to support what we do. Whether it is supporting a school in your community to hold an FYP coaching workshop, or provide funding for a specific event, or if you want to help us access general funding, we would love to talk with you. Having external providers deliver body programmes relieves over-burdened teachers and capitalises on specific expertise. YMCA REPORT 2020 Together, we can create pathways that help every young person see themselves as capable, resilient, and ready to lead. Partner with us to help make this possible for more young people across Aotearoa - Let’s start the kōrero! My work with teen girls ensures they’re listened to and in charge of their own narrative, while I help them navigate the changes they want to make. It’s rewarding work that shifts mindsets, challenges unhealthy beliefs, and strengthens their connection to their own power. Vicky Pond Dunlop, Founder. THE FUTURE YOU PROJECT LET'S TALK! About FYP Q+A Let's Talk Partnership Opportunities

Support girls aged 10–13 through confidence-building, friendships, self-belief and finding their voice. Discover FYP’s uplifting Year 6–8 coaching programme in Aotearoa. YOUR JOURNEY Ages 10-13 Yr 6-8 (ages 10-13) FINDING YOUR VOICE These are the years when everything begins to change, often new schools, new friendships, new feelings. It can be exciting, confusing, and a little bit messy all at once. That’s okay, you’re not meant to have it all figured out yet. The Future You Project is here to help you explore who you are becoming. Through fun, honest conversations and creative activities, we help you build confidence in who you are, and the tools to look after yourself and your friendships. At FYP, we talk about Hauora, the Māori word that means looking after your whole self: mind, body, emotions, spirit, and the people around you. When you understand each of these parts, you start to feel stronger from the inside out. AT FYP WE CAN HELP YOU TO LEARN TO... Notice your thoughts and feelings and learn how each affects you Be a good friend to yourself (because self-care means more than you think!) Find good friends, and how to deal with friendships that go off track Feel confident in your own skin (and why sometimes we are not) Ask for help when you need it (and know that’s a sign of strength) Our coaches don’t tell you who to be - we listen, guide, and celebrate you. Together, we’ll explore what makes you unique and how to use your voice in ways that feel brave and real for you. It might help to hear from other young women too. You have been one of the best speakers we have ever had, super relatable, funny, kind and friendly! Annabelle STUDENT FIND OUT MORE FINDING YOUR VOICE Finding Your Voice is a powerful, uplifting group coaching programme designed for girls aged 10-13 as they step into one of the biggest transitions of their young lives. Ages 10-13 Ages 14-16 Ages 16-18

Updates, articles, interviews, and stories from The Future You Project — sharing our impact, community collaborations, and the voices shaping confident young women. INFOHUB MEDIA The Future You Project is growing... ...and with it, the stories of the young women, schools, and communities we’ve been proud to work alongside. Here you’ll find Articles and interviews about our work and impact. Updates from events, collaborations, and community initiatives. Recognition and stories celebrating the movement we’re building together. We'd love to hear from you! If you’re a journalist, school, or community organisation interested in learning about The Future You Project , please reach out, as always, we’d love to connect. Let's Talk! Contact us for media enquiries. For all enquires, contact us here. Stories Watch + Read Podcasts Media

Explore how families, schools and communities can support young people through connection, encouragement and shared understanding. Strengthen your circle with FYP. YOUR CIRCLE Behind every young person stands a circle - of parents, teachers, mentors, and friends, each playing a part in their growth. At The Future You Project, we believe confidence doesn’t grow in isolation. It’s nurtured through relationships, shared understanding, and the guidance of those who care. This space is for the people who stand alongside our young people: offering insight, encouragement, and connection. Click through to explore resources and ways to strengthen the circle of support - in your home, your classroom, and your community. Family Schools Community

Learn how The Future You Project empowers young women through hauora-based coaching, leadership tools, resilience-building workshops and real-world confidence. THE INSIDE STORY ABOUT FYP Think critically, act courageously and live authentically The Future You Project (FYP) was born from a simple but powerful idea - that when young women feel connected to who they are, they unlock the power to shape the world around them. At its heart, FYP is about enabling young women to make independent choices that positively impact their future. Our approach blends positive psychology, coaching methodologies, and hauora-based wellbeing principles to support mind, body, heart, and spirit. Our whole-person approach means every young woman leaves an FYP coaching session feeling inspired, confident, and ready to use what she’s learned, in everyday life. At FYP, we create spaces where young women can explore who they are, who they want to be, in using their voice to speak up for themselves and others, and develop an unshakeable sense of self-worth. Through interactive workshops, underpinned by coaching methodologies and leadership experiences, we equip them with tools for critical thinking, the courage to make their own mark on the world, and engage in authentic connection with others. We see every young person as more than their challenges; as capable, resilient, and deserving of opportunities to explore who they are and where they want to go next and in their future. The Future You Project was born from the belief that change happens when there is connection, and when women stand together - we don’t compete, we rise. When empowered + connected, we become the change our world needs. FYP partners with schools, communities, and whānau to ensure everything we share feels relevant and real. Whether through our interactive workshops that build resilience, connection, and challenge unhealthy thought patterns, or our individual coaching that encourages self-awareness and individual accountability, and nurtures leadership, our goal is simple: to help young women feel ready to lead their own story. INNER GROWTH. FUTURE FOCUSED. It is my vision to have women working together as a collective rather than being pitted against each other as combatants. Instead of fighting each other for a piece of the pie, it is my belief we get to eat the whole damn pie. Vicky Pond Dunlop, Founder. THE FUTURE YOU PROJECT MEET VICKY For Vicky, the future of young women’s confidence wasn’t something to wait for, it was something to build, right now. As a mum of two daughters, and a carer/guardian to others she welcomed into her home - Vicky witnessed firsthand the challenges many young women face. She saw the exhaustion, the pressure to be perfect, and, heartbreakingly, the sense among some that the world didn’t have space for them. Determined to be part of the solution, she turned her insight and empathy into action. Over time, those everyday chats in cars, classrooms, and around kitchen tables made one thing clear: young women needed more support than they are getting. A certified International Coach Federation (ICF) Transformative Coach with a Master of Educational Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Education and Media, Vicky has combined academic depth with lived wisdom. Specifically, Vicky completed her research into how young women build leader identity through their school years and earned a Dean’s Award for excellence, all helping ignite a mission: to help girls see themselves not as problems to fix, but as leaders of their own lives. Vicky challenges the narratives that seek to shrink girls' selves, to challenge the societal pressure to ‘be good’, ‘stay quiet’ ‘don’t take up space’. These expectations are coded to silence women, instead we show them how to stand in their power, and to individually and collectively use their voice. From building a deeper sense of belonging, to choosing their tribe, to speaking up for themselves and others, to setting healthy boundaries, Vicky and her team bring a practical, heart-led approach to every interaction. HOW CAN WE HELP? We work with women and girls to set achievable goals, enhance their lives, and create lasting, positive change. Whether it’s through individual or group coaching, our work builds awareness of where barriers lie, creates clarity about where their goals can take them, and helps bring these gorgeous humans to a place of action. Our work with teen girls ensures they’re listened to and in charge of their own narrative while we help them navigate the changes they want to achieve. It’s rewarding work that shifts them toward a mindset where they can see what’s possible, replacing old beliefs with stronger connections to their own strengths and personal power. Vicky’s story is anchored in Aotearoa’s cultural and environmental uniqueness, and so is her practice. FYP was created for Aotearoa to speak to the lives of young people growing up here and those who call Aotearoa home, grounded in the values of manaakitanga (care and hospitality), hauora (holistic wellbeing), and rangatiratanga (self-determination). These principles guide every workshop and every conversation. Just wanted to send a huge thank you for the course you did for the Year 9s at Papamoa College. My daughter came home and took me through every detail of how good it was from start to finish - feel so grateful that people like you are doing things like this for our young people. Mother of Year 9 student, Papamoa College What began as one woman’s mission has become a collective movement of mentors, parents, educators, and young women lifting each other as they rise. Today, The Future You Project continues to grow through the same belief that started it all: when you equip a young woman with knowledge, connection, and urgency, focused on positive change, you help shape a future where she and those around her thrive. Be careful the things you say - children will listen. Careful the things you do - children will see and learn. Those words from Stephen Sondheim have always stayed with me and have helped shape the values that sit at the heart of FYP. About FYP Q+A Let's Talk Partnership Opportunities

Support girls aged 14–16 to build confidence, navigate friendships, challenge expectations and own their voice. Explore FYP’s uplifting Year 9–11 coaching programme. YOUR JOURNEY Ages 14-16 I learned how to be more confident and stop comparing myself to others. It felt good to know we could talk about real things that actually matter to us. Year 10 participant TAURANGA Yr 9-11 (ages 14-16) OWNING YOUR VOICE It’s a lot sometimes, right? Friends, school, family, expectations and everyone seems to have an opinion about who you should be or maybe even starting to ask you what or who you want to be. In the middle of all that noise, it can be hard to hear your own voice, let alone have an answer. The Future You Project is here to help you slow things down and reconnect with what matters to you. Our coaching sessions are about figuring out your strengths, understanding your emotions, and building the self-belief to make decisions that feel right for your life - not anyone else’s version of it. YOU'LL EXPLORE THEMES INCLUDING... Friendships: choose your tribe wisely. Dealing with conflict in our friendship group. Self-leadership: when you need more than bubble baths and candles. Challenging the social influences on our mental health and wellbeing. Perfectly imperfect : the role of perfectionism and the “good girl” in our mental health. Stronger together: how feminism really works and what we need to do to push back on societal expectations and challenge norms (hint: it’s in the title). We don't do lectures. We do REAL TALK. You’ll be listened to, challenged in a good way, and supported to find answers that actually work for you. We are here to help you see how capable you already are and remind you that you don’t have to have everything sorted. These years are about exploring who you are and who you’re becoming. The mindset you build now isn’t just for school, it’s for life. It might help to hear from other young women too: OWNING YOUR VOICE Owning Your Voice is a powerful group coaching programme designed specifically for girls aged 14 -16 (Year 9-11), a stage where life becomes more complex, expectations grow, and the world starts asking bigger questions of them. Find out more... FIND OUT MORE Ages 10/11-13 Ages 14-16 Ages 16-18

Get in touch with The Future You Project — supporting the confidence, wellbeing, and leadership of young women across Aotearoa. Enquire or connect today. GET IN TOUCH... we'd love you to vicky@thefutureyouprojectnz.com +64 21 764 255 Please use this form for any questions or consultation advice if you prefer. First name* Last name* Phone* Email* Organisation/School Your position How can we help?? How did you hear about FYP?* Submit

Learn how The Future You Project empowers young women in Aotearoa through values-based mentoring, wellbeing support and community partnerships. Our work is grounded in connection, confidence, and real-world growth — empowering young women to lead with heart and know-how. Inside, you’ll discover the story that shaped FYP, answers to the questions we’re most often asked, and ways to collaborate with us in building confident futures for the next generation. Click through to learn more, explore, and see how you can be part of the story. THE FUTURE YOU PROJECT NZ THE INSIDE STORY Here’s where you’ll find the heart behind The Future You Project — who we are, what we stand for, and the impact we’re creating together. About FYP Q+A Let's Talk Partnership Opportunities

Help young women aged 16–18 build clarity, confidence and leadership skills as they step into adulthood. Explore FYP’s empowering Year 12–13 “Shaping Your Future” programme. YOUR JOURNEY Ages 16-18 Everyone asks what you want to do, but not everyone asks how you want to feel and who you want to be. That’s where The Future You Project comes in. FYP helps you grow in self-belief that doesn’t fade after exams or graduation. It’s about knowing your values, trusting your decisions, and feeling ready, whatever path you choose next. AT FYP WE CAN HELP YOU TO... Understand your personal values and what drives you with appropriate tools to evaluate these core principles. Build your own unique path with achievable goals that centres you as the lead character of your life. Strengthen leadership skills and cultivate powerful communication skills Learn how to balance study, wellbeing, and social life. These final school years are about stepping into your own story, and that’s not something you have to do alone. FYP gives you a space to talk things through, explore ideas, and practise the skills that will help shape your next chapter. Note: FYP can organise leaders with specific skills (i,e, career coaching, leadership, creative industry) to help the students get a clearer picture of where to next. You’ll leave with more than a plan; you’ll leave with tools you can keep using for life from self-leadership to healthy boundaries and courage to self-belief. Every choice, challenge, and conversation is part of shaping what comes next. It might help to hear from other young women too: Learned more about why we get anxiety and about other views of topics we don’t discuss often. Student COROMANDEL Yr 12 & 13 (ages 16-18) SHAPING YOUR FUTURE Ever feel like everyone’s asking what’s next - and you’re still figuring it out? You’re making big choices about what comes next - study, work, travel and stepping into a more independent life. YOUR JOURNEY Ages 16-18 SHAPING YOUR FUTURE Shaping Your Future is a transformative group coaching programme for young women aged 16 –18, a stage defined by possibility, pressure, independence, and big decisions. These girls are standing on the edge of adulthood while still navigating the complexity of being a teen, friendships, workload, identity, relationships, social media, values, and “what’s next?” FIND OUT MORE Ages 10/11-13 Ages 14-16 Ages 16-18

Guidance for whānau raising young women. Build trust, strengthen communication, and support emotional wellbeing with FYP’s practical tools for families and caregivers. YOUR CIRCLE FAMILY This is for you whānau, the parent, caregiver, and the village that is raising our young women*. At the core of our love for our young people is that everyone deserves someone in their corner, someone who believes in their potential and helps them find their way when life gets complicated. That’s where The Future You Project comes in. FYP works alongside families, not instead of them. We’re here to support the conversations you’re already having, or want to have, strengthen the trust between you and your girls, and offer tools that help them navigate the complex world our teens are growing up in. We know families all look different. Some are led by one or both parents, some by grandparents, or wider whānau, some by foster whānau, and a shared goal to see their young person happy, healthy, and confident in their uniqueness. Our mahi is built on aroha (love), hauora (wellbeing), and connection, creating a space where every young woman, no matter her background, can be seen, heard, and supported. *Please note that where we might say ‘women’ we also mean trans and non-binary young people who align with the term “women”. Young women in Aotearoa New Zealand are under more pressure than ever before and their mental health is suffering as a result. YWCA Report, 2018 WE FOCUS ON PRACTICAL GROWTH. Developing emotional awareness and healthy boundaries. Strengthening communication and friendships. Ways of dealing with anxiety and perfectionism. Encouraging balance across mind, body, and spirit. How social media can be a blessing and a curse for our young people. We are trained professionals who combine evidence-based methods with empathy and lived experience. You can feel confident knowing every interaction is guided by care, safety, and respect for your child’s wellbeing. TIPS FOR PARENTS These small shifts can make a big difference in how young people see themselves and feel supported at home: Try gentle conversation starters to help uncover what’s really going on beneath the surface, for example, “What makes you ask that question? As your child hits their teens, there is a lot going on for them, so be patient and know that any outburst is frustration at the world being very challenging. Focus on her strengths, like creativity, kindness, or physical abilities. Compliment effort versus outcome. “I am so proud at how hard you worked” vs “I am so proud that you aced that test” Use descriptive feedback rather than broad compliments like “That outfit looks great on you” instead of “You’re so pretty.” Model positive self-talk about your own body, size, and shape, and of others. Encourage healthy eating and movement patterns rather than focusing on appearance. If you have serious concerns, contact your GP or school guidance counsellor. Students can also reach out to YOUTHLINE — free call 0800 376 633 , free text 234 , or visit youthline.co.nz/body-image. Sometimes young people open up best when they have a neutral, trusted adult to talk with, someone outside the family who helps them make sense of their thoughts and emotions. At FYP, we hold that space gently, always encouraging open communication back home. Please note that we are not counselors, but trained coaches who listen, guide, and help young people develop the tools to navigate life with confidence. Any child you believe needs mental health professional please reach out to one of the following: If you’d like to learn more about how FYP can support your whānau, we’d love to connect. Whether you’re seeking tools for confidence, guidance through the transition years, or simply a safe space for your teen to grow, FYP is here to walk alongside you. Visit our Programmes page for more details on what we offer. FIND OUT MORE Family Schools Community

Reach out to The Future You Project NZ to explore support, mentoring or collaboration. We help students, families and schools and communities find the best path forward, together. LET'S TALK! THE INSIDE STORY Every great conversation starts with a question, an idea, or a moment of curiosity and that’s exactly how The Future You Project began. Whether you’re a student wanting help and support, a parent exploring options, or a school or community group looking to collaborate, we’d love to connect. You don’t need to have it all figured out as that’s what we’re here for. Together, we can find the best way to support your goals, your people, and your future. LET'S TALK! About FYP Q+A Let's Talk Partnership Opportunities

Partner with FYP to strengthen youth confidence, connection and leadership in your community. Co-design workshops and initiatives rooted in hauora and manaakitanga. YOUR CIRCLE COMMUNITY It takes a community to raise confident, connected young people and The Future You Project is proud to be part of that collective effort. We work alongside youth organisations, iwi groups, local councils, and community leaders who share our belief that every young woman deserves access to the tools, guidance, and encouragement she needs to thrive. Together, we help build pathways that strengthen both individuals and the networks around them. Our programmes are grounded in the values of manaakitanga (care and hospitality), hauora (wellbeing of the whole person), and kotahitanga (unity and shared purpose). Whether through group coaching, or leadership initiatives, we aim to nurture confidence, connection, and resilience across all layers of community life. We pride ourselves on providing age-appropriate content and have conversations that are specific to their age to ensure each of our girls leave with a deeper understanding of self and their social world. Vicky Pond Dunlop, The Future You Project, Founder. HOW WE COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITIES Partner with existing youth services Co-design workshops or events that reflect local community needs Work with iwi and community leaders to create inclusive, empowering spaces for rangatahi. Support joint projects that promote wellbeing, voice, and leadership among young people. Every partnership begins with conversation, sharing ideas, challenges, and hope for what’s possible when we work together. FYP brings coaching expertise and youth development knowledge; you bring local insight and community connection. Together, we create something powerful: spaces where young people feel safe, valued, and ready to lead. If your organisation, council, or iwi group is passionate about empowering rangatahi, we’d love to collaborate. Let’s build something that lasts for today’s young women and the generations who will follow. FIND OUT MORE Family Schools Community