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.
