Written by our project evaluators at DMSS this report summarises the achievements and learning experiences of our movement over recent years, exploring examples of our campaigns in different areas, how we’ve reached different communities and successes and challenges arising from our work. The report contains five key asks that we urge leaders across the city from all sectors to consider.
As the festive season approaches, Leeds is launching a new campaign to help tackle the issue of spiking and keep people safe on nights out. The Stop the Spike campaign is providing nightlife venues across the city with training and resources to help staff recognise...
Women Friendly Leeds Update: This blog update is the first for a period of time, which unfortunately included the sad passing of Emily Turner the Women’s Lives Leeds Project Manager - Women Friendly Leeds. Many of you may be aware Emily had been battling triple...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On Friday 29th September we'll be holding a street parade to celebrate the launch of Leeds specific features on the WalkSafe app! We've been working in collaboration with the Safer Leeds City Centre partnership to create app features on the WalkSafe app that will help...
In one month's time, Hate Crime Awareness Week is taking place, on 14th-21st October. A launch event for the week in Leeds will be taking place on Friday 13th October. The launch event will be opened by Cllr. Abigail Marshall-Katung and will focus on LGBTQ+ hate....
Recipes for Life is a collection of wisdom from the amazing women that make up Women Friendly Leeds movement. Each recipe tells a unique story and helps to tell the story of the women who contributed them, and the story of Women Friendly Leeds. Our book contains...
