A few years back, Lu was teaching hairdressing in a further education college. She enjoyed her work, but noticed more and more that young people were coming into lessons accompanied by so many difficulties in their lives, needing a safe place to chat.  The seed was sown. 

 

Lu put down her scissors and binned the lesson plans. She started volunteering in a local secondary school as a Chaplain. On the very first day she met a youth leader, who had a similar passion: to give girls a safe place to talk and breathe.

 

At a conference they went to they heard a speaker talking on the Woman at the Well (John 4) and a particular word ‘Shechem’ struck a chord and has become foundational to all that Be Me project does.  

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Be Me Project became a charity in 2017. It has grown a lot since those early days from just spending time with girls in one local secondary school.  We now deliver our mental wellbeing sessions to boys and girls in a number of secondary schools.

 

90% of our courses take place in schools but we also offer support to other charities in Surrey by offering course to ladies whom they are supporting.

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The Be Me team is a faith driven community that strives to bring love to every person that they work with, giving them time and space to talk, and to help people be genuinely valued.