Club meeting - speaker - Chrissy Sykes

Thu, Mar 14th 2024 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

My body is my body programme

My Body Is My Body Programme. It is a groundbreaking initiative that is making a real difference in communities worldwide. It is a free, internationally acclaimed musical body safety programme designed to educate children on body safety through engaging age-appropriate music, activities, and animated videos.

This programme has transformed child abuse prevention education through the magic of music. Conceived 34 years ago by renowned singer/songwriter Chrissy Sykes, in collaboration with the Departments of Education and Human Services in Texas and Tennessee This remarkable initiative has flourished and reached new heights since Chrissy animated the songs in 2017 and received many requests to translate the programme.

THE MY BODY IS MY BODY PROGRAMME AIMS TO HELP CHILDREN...

• Develop an understanding of what is and isn't appropriate behaviour towards their bodies

• How to identify potentially harmful situations, and how to ask for help if needed.

• It teaches children to speak up and how to tell if they have a problem.

• It teaches children who to tell if they have a problem.

• It discusses the subject of not keeping secrets

'What We Do' Main Pages:

1. News

Stainborough Rotary Club is very active in the community, supporting worthy causes such as Centrepoint, Silkstone Scout Camp and Young People’s leadership programme. The Club also helps Santa with his Sleigh every Christmas.

Enthusiastic volunteers helping to create the vital water borehole. Water = life !!

We have close links, over many years, with Ho in Ghana. We have helped to fund the building of a Women's Co-operative, a Rotary Community Hall, a Street Children's centre, a water borehole and now the building of a sand dam.

Stainborough raises funds for charities through organising events, Sponsorship, car boot & table top sales, competitions and selling merchandise.

Our own charity - the Rotary Foundation.

Stainborough is a friendly club with lots of well supported events throughout the year. Some are 'just for fun', whilst others raise money for good causes at the same time.