Blog

Rehaila Sharif and Jo Costello, Interim Heads of Membership from Women's Aid Federation of England, explain how we worked together to make the Young Women’s Trust Emergency Fund happen.

Gemma lost her retail job at the start of the pandemic. In this blog, she explains what it is like to live on Universal Credit and why the £20 benefit uplift is vital to helping her life and her future.

We hear from Rose at SAWN, a partner organisation who helped to distribute Emergency Fund payments to vulnerable young women.

Research Centre Associate Freya explains why peer research makes discussing mental health issues easier.

Emma Feasey our Services Manager and Sarah Sheerman-Chase our Head of Digital talk about a project to make our CV feedback service easier to use.

Siobhan shares how her Work It Out Coach Jeffrey helped her to set goals and focus on what is important to her in both her professional and personal life.

In this blog young activist Rox writes about our pre-election panel event. She shares what attending this event meant as an activist, young Disabled woman and a voter.

This week Hannah tells us about her experience of giving evidence to Matt Hancock and Mims Davies, as part of the government’s call for evidence for the new Women’s Health Strategy.

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked two of our Advisory Panel members why they love working in STEM.

Merle shares how her coaching experience helped her to survive a stressful job and showed her how to trust herself and pursue her dreams.

We spoke to some of the young women who received relief payments from our coronavirus Emergency Fund. In this blog we share their experiences of living through lockdown and how the money helped them.

In this blog Jo shares the impact that her coach Yasmin had on her confidence and her career.