Free Being Me media campaign Cat Ferris, PR officer, Girlguiding @cat_ferris @Girlguiding
Jul 15, 2015
Free Being Me: Background to campaign
• October 2013: Dove and WAGGGs announce
global partnership
• Coverage in The Times and other national
publications
• March 2014: UK version of Free Being Me
ready to launch
Campaign concept
• A body confidence ‘revolution’
• Reaching 400,000 young people by 2016
• 1000 young women in guiding trained as
Peer Educators
• To tackle growing body confidence crisis
Research
Girlguiding’s Girls’ Attitudes Survey 2013:
• One in five girls of primary school age say they have
been on a diet
• 38 per cent of girls aged 11-to-21 say they have
sometimes skipped meals to help lose weight
• One in four girls aged between 11-to-21 would
consider cosmetic surgery
• 87 per cent think they are judged more on looks than
ability
Working with an external PR agency
• Supportive quotes and research:
Lucy Attley, Dove UK and Ireland Brand Director,
said: “Low body confidence is a serious issue that is
having a vast and damaging impact on the quality of
life of many young girls in the UK.”
What girls are missing out on because they don’t
like how they look:
Swimming (34%)
Running or jogging (22%)
Gymnastics (17%)
Joining team sports or activities (23%)
Putting their hand up in the classroom (23%)
Evaluating the campaign
• Doubled KPIs
– 20 x national print/online
- 3 x national broadcast
- 8 x regional print
- 3 x regional broadcast
- 3 x magazines online
• Follow up interest from Woman’s Hour
and Children & Young People Now
Learning points..
• Aligning digital and PR campaigns
• Working with external PR agency
• Provide journalists with full package –
pictures, filming opps, interviewees.
Thank you!
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Twitter: @cat_ferris
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