S.H.A.G Week Strut Your Self-Love

26/02/2025 - 26/02/2025

11am - 2pm

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As part of the SU's Body positivity day, Strut your Self-Love! During Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance Week, we will celebrate all bodies by having an empowering catwalk on the squares for everybody so come along and catwalk for body positivity and self-acceptance.

We will also have a photographer there to capture you as your confident self. As well as this, we will have sponge throwing at negative body words and our 360 photobooth.

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