PLEDGES
Vanessa Rolfe - Detective Superintendent and Strategic Lead for VAWG at West Yorkshire Police
I pledge to listen to women and girls on their experiences of VAWG and use their voices to shape change.
Sarah Shaw - Fall into Place
I pledge to build women and girls confidence and wellbeing through theatre and workshops
Association of Blind Asians Leeds (ABA)
 We pledge to always provide the women who use our services with support that is tailored to them and which is adaptive to their needs. We also pledge to support the women who work for us, constantly striving to understand and meet their needs.
Melissa Blackwood - Roller Girl Gang
I pledge to empower women and girls to practice self-care through activities that promote physical and mental wellbeing, such as roller skating. Roller Girl Gang are here to support them on this journey.
Hilary Turner
My son works in a pub and I pledge to discuss Ask for Angela with him tomorrow. He can then involve his pub in the scheme.
Barca-Leeds
Barca-Leeds pledge to promote Women Friendly Leeds on social media. We are also exploring the opportunity of a Women Friendly Ambassador within our organisation. Over 75% of our workforce identify as women and we are extremely proud to promote female inclusivity and equity in the ways we work.
Isabel Swift - Lemon Balm Therapeutic Horticulture CIC
 I pledge to create accessible women-focused wellbeing programmes in our garden.
Blossom
Blossom Training & Development commit to offering the amazing ambassadors of Woman Friendly Leeds, 2 Free spaces on each of our monthly self defence courses.
Turning Lives Around
To our women clients we pledge to ensure our service provision takes into account their complex needs through:
-A women Friendly Leeds Champion
-A Domestic Violence Champion
-Recognition of the diversity of their experiences
-Creating safe spaces for women to confidently voice their needs regarding our services
-A commitment to constantly review and develop our service provision to meet these needs
-Creating and promoting a series of workshops to encourage our male clients to understand how they can positively challenge their own behaviour and that of others, which may prove detrimental to women.
Zoe Gilbank
Help raise awareness of WFL with my peers and networks. Utilise my degree to further my understanding of women’s perceptions of safety across the city. Contribute my skills to helping WFL with their work.
Women's Counselling & Therapy Service
We pledge to identify a Women Friendly Leeds workplace champion.
Turning Lives Around
To our women colleagues, we pledge to empower you by:
-Communicating and fairly applying our policies and procedures regarding flexible working and parental leave
-Investing in ensuring a gender bias-free recruitment and career progression policy and process
-Creating a woman-friendly company culture
Kira Moxom Lumb
Always bring positive energy to the role as Ambassador. Take away learning to the organisation in which I work. Be an active advocate for women in Leeds. Share my experience & knowledge with other ambassadors. e part of sub-groups to support positive movement within the city
Urban Angels Circus
I run aerial (silks, trapeze, Aerial hoop) classes in Leeds. Most of my students are female, and I make the classes safe spaces for women and girls to be.
Basis Yorkshire
We pledge to ensure that the voices of women and girls are always at the heart of what we do.
Joanna Project
We pledge to be a place of respect, kindness and safety for women.
Shantona
We pledge to take into account women and girl’s needs when developing new services, or when reviewing existing ones.
Iola Shaw
I pledge to promote the message that a Women Friendly Leeds makes for a better more equitable Leeds for everyone on my social media and in my actions.
Sue Barrett
I pledge to prepare a Cyber Security/Staying Safe online toolkit document.
Kianna Leader
I pledge to encourage young women and girls to use their voice through Vocal Girls
Jon Hindley, Men's Health Unlocked Network
I will work on the Men’s Health Unlocked group to help create a women’s safety session for men to be shared with men’s groups and partners.
Asha Neighbourhood Project
SARSVL (Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds)
SARSVL pledges to support all women and girls in Leeds who need us, who have been affected by sexual violence of any kind, at any time in their lives. We pledge to promote their needs and rights and work towards the elimination of sexual violence.
Asha Neighbourhood Project
We pledge to raise the voices and profiles of the many communities of women in Leeds.
Women's Health Matters
Humans Being
We pledge to create new training sessions for our men’s groups to empower men to challenge discrimination, harassment and abuse against women.
Emily Turner
co-ordinate a movement for Leeds to become the 1st UK Women Friendly City
Together Women Project
Getaway Girls
We pledge to offer safe, creative young women only spaces where they can build further confidence, resilience, skills and aspirations.
Trust Leeds
Trust Leeds pledges to help even more women build confidence, skills, networks and financial capacity by nurturing new Self-Reliant Groups in Leeds.
Leeds Women's Aid
Continually make a positive difference for women and girls in Leeds
Together Women Project
Women's Health Matters
Leeds Women's Aid
To work in partnership with stakeholders to ensure we work towards becoming the first Women Friendly City
Karl Helliwell
To make a nice website for WFL
Leeds Women's Aid
Promote Women Friendly Leeds Ambassadors both within our organisation and externally
Leeds Women's Aid
Identify a Women Friendly Leeds Workplace Champion
Kianna Leader
I pledge to support girls at Getaway Girls, especially with university worries
Jeannette Morris-Boam
To continue to promote the State of Women’s Heath report to decision makers and higher-ups in Leeds and take it as far as I can.
Claire Harrison
To assist in promoting the aims and activities of Women Friendly Leeds by creating promotional materials and social media content
Nicola Marr
use the Leeds City Listening project report to promote the voices of women in Leeds
Women's Health Matters
Women's Health Matters
Promote Women Friendly Leeds Ambassadors both internally and externally