School Workshops
What Is It?
Over the past 7 years, we’ve delivered school workshops to over 40,000 young people in every county of Ireland.
We currently offer two workshops. The first is focused on using kindness to create positive communities, and the second works on confidence, building a strong mindset by thinking about our values, how we handle stress, and how we can use our voices.
Our core workshops have been delivered in schools all over Ireland since October 2016, are suitable for 1st to 6th year and are amended to suit the needs of your school.
Our Kindness and Goal-Setting Workshop
During this session, our facilitators will create a safe and encouraging environment for students to consider the culture that exists in their school, think about how they treat themselves and each other, and build a culture of trust and support.
This workshop session has worked well with groups who struggle to connect with one another, and could benefit from having a better sense of collaboration and community.
Topics covered in our Kindness and Goal-setting workshop include:
The challenges we face as young women in Ireland today
How we approach and address these challenges
The people who influence us and shape us as people
How we treat ourselves and each other
Respecting and encouraging differences and diversity
Setting goals and identifying how we can achieve them
Our place in the world and how we would like to be remembered
Our Confidence and Mindset Workshop
During this session, our facilitators will create a safe and encouraging environment for students to learn, engage and leave with a better sense of what their place is in the world.
This workshop session has worked well with groups who struggle with self-confidence, their self-worth and could benefit from support on how to switch to having a positive mindset and an increased sense of autonomy.
Through this workshop, students should leave feeling more capable of handling stress, anxiety and societal pressures.
Topics covered in our Confidence and Mindset workshop include:
How to develop a positive mindset
How to build confidence and use our voices
Understanding anxiety and building our anxiety/ stress toolkit.
Booking Our Workshops
Now for some of the practical information on our workshops!
Workshops are 1.5 hours long.
We can facilitate up to 100 students per workshop with a max of 2 workshops per day, per facilitator.
Workshops can be delivered to all-girl groups and mixed groups of students.
1 workshop will cost €525, but should a school wish to avail of 2 sessions in the 1 day, we can offer a discounted rate of €800 for the day.
Bookings are on a first-come, first-served basis.
We are a non-profit organisation, and the costs of the workshops are simply to cover our operational and material expenses. Any additional revenue from workshops is reinvested in our other impact projects and events.
To discuss a booking for your school, please complete the enquiry form below, and one of the teach will be in touch!
Teachers’ Testimonials
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"…Every student should get to experience The Shona Project"
As a TY co-ordinator, I have experienced many workshops and presentations over the years, and our workshop with The Shona Project was one of the most worthwhile activities that I have ever attended.
I booked The Shona Project for our 2nd and 3rd year students and the one word I would use to describe it is ‘powerful’.
Everything about the workshop, from the facilitator’s personal story, the carefully chosen videos and the interactive activities really made an impact on our students which provoked a lot of discussion both with students and staff in the days and weeks after. I would highly recommend it for SPHE or as part of a school health and well-being initiative especially for Junior Cycle students and maybe TYs.
Every student should get to experience The Shona Project.
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“…had all the students gripped and engaged at a very personal level from the start”
The facilitator’s presentation had all the students gripped and engaged at a very personal level from the start. Her personal story and life journey, her bright manner and raw honesty was refreshing and engaging.
But here is where “The Shona Project” is different and really helps. It’s more than a personal story; it’s about solutions.
The workshop message was simple. “The Shona Project think you’re amazing just as you are, and we want you to learn more about you. We want you to know that it gets easier, and we’re here to help”
Our students had a resounding positive experience and they would recommend that The Shona Project presents it’s message to every girl.
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“…watching how engaged our students were was something beyond belief”
The girls really engaged with Tammy throughout the workshop, and as Tammy is a past pupil, the students could relate to the story more as they understood the setting of the story Tammy told.
Sitting at the back of the library watching how engaged our students were was something beyond belief. The girls participated in all the activities and some students were willing to share their reflections on past behaviour and their hopes for the future. At the end of the workshop the students did not want to leave as they had more they wanted to share with Tammy.
Following on from our workshop with The Shona Project, I can see a big difference in our school community, the girls are looking out for each other regardless of age, hair colour, size, interests etc. It amazes me how much the students took from the workshop.
FAQs
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Not just yet! But 2026 will see us begin the process of developing and piloting our Boys Programme. So keep your eyes peeled!
Email us at Education@shona.ie for more information or if you one like to become one of our pilot schools!
For now, we can cater for mixed groups, as well as all-girl groups.
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Yes, we can! However the costs mentioned above (€525 for 1 session and €800 for 2) is per facilitator, per day. Should you like to do more than 2 sessions, we can send an additional facilitator, or organise an overnight at the above rates.