Something we have always wanted to do more of is to work with young people. With young women especially, there’s a huge drop off in exercise during secondary school, and we wanted to do something to help that, showing girls that movement can be used as a vehicle to uncovering a toolbox of positive, impactful life skills. When the opportunity arose to work with young people two years ago, we jumped at the chance.
Working with St Martin-in-the-Field school in Tulse Hill, Brixton, and supported by Nike, we were able to spend every Friday morning with 50 of the school’s female students. We had the pleasure of taking over their P.E class every Friday morning for over two months. The journey took the girls through weekly discussions and group runs, encouraging them to see movement as a positive, empowering force, as we worked towards their first 5K race 12 weeks later.
This film is shot and edited by Nick Carter of Bitter Creek.