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In Memory of Emily Turner
In Memory of Emily Turner Women Friendly Leeds is deeply saddened that Emily Turner, our Women’s Lives Leeds Project Manager, sadly passed away on the 25th January 2025. Emily had cancer, but as many of you will know she dealt with this in the way we would all expect,...
Women’s Centre Feasibility Study Update
Dear supporters, followers and participants of the Leeds Women’s Centre feasibility study, We thought it may be useful to give you an update following the publication of the feasibility study, conducted by Urban Catalysts (UC) on behalf of the Women & Girls...
Remembering Annette Judah Morris
Annette Judah Morris July 29th 1964 – July 7th 2024 Following the recent passing of our friend, colleague, fellow activist and warrior spirit, Annette, Women Friendly Leeds and the Women & Girls Alliance Leeds would like to take a moment to reflect on...
Help us to save the Women’s Night Safe Space!
Ran by Women Friendly Leeds and the Safer Leeds Partnership, our Women’s Night Safe Space is based in Leeds city centre every Saturday night, providing crucial services and a non-judgemental safe space for women and girls. Due to lack of continuation funding, Women’s...
WalkSafe App Launches!
On Friday 29th September the Safer Leeds partnership launched Leeds specific features on the app, WalkSafe. WalkSafe is a free personal safety app to help people feel and be safe in our city with a range of helpful features. There are nationwide features which allow...
West Yorkshire Police Responses to VAWG Community Questions
West Yorkshire Police Respond to VAWG Community QuestionsFollowing on from the Women Friendly Leeds Police Q&A and art exhibition, where we gave Women the platform to speak to power, Detective Superintendent Vanessa Rolfe (WYP) has now responded to the community...
Speak Up! On Women’s Safety
Learn more about our Women’s Safety Q&A with Superintendent Vanessa Rolfe and how we are using art to Speak Up! on safety. See what the West Yorkshire Police are doing to support their new VAWG strategy in Leeds.
Women Friendly Hubs Together Event
On Thursday 28th July Women Friendly Leeds members came together to celebrate our wonderful hubs. At Women Friendly Leeds we have a number of different hubs cater to different women’s issues, such as the culturally diverse women’s hub, the ambassadors and the...
Pride at Leeds
Pride at Leeds Celebrating Our Rights and a Day of Spotting Women Friendly Leeds! This year’s Pride celebration and parade took place on Sunday 7th August for all to attend. Women Friendly Leeds could not attend this year in an official capacity but if you looked...
Women Friendly Recruiters Checklist Launch and Employability Marketplace
Women Friendly Leeds Campaign: Shining a Light on Women’s Inequalities – This is Our Normal Women Friendly Recruiters Checklist Launch and Employability Marketplace On Thursday 3rd June Women’s Lives Leeds in collaboration with the Labyrinth Project and Smartworks...