Voices

Mark Gale, our Policy and Campaigns Manager, shares how lockdown has opened up more opportunities for young women to have their voices heard by those who can influence change.

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.

Young Women’s Trust has had a busy year, and like so many other organisations around the world we have been reviewing our priorities and increasing our activity to offer more support wherever possible.

In this week’s blog Suzi Copland, Director of Services, shares how we set up our Emergency Fund in record timing, to help support young women through the coronavirus crisis. 

With unemployment quickly rising and disproportionately affecting young women, it is more important than ever that we understand the economic impact of coronavirus on young women.

We started our No Young Woman Left Behind campaign because we don’t think that any young woman should be at the back of the queue as the country tries to cope and recover from the coronavirus crisis. 

Iulia shares her experience of navigating mental health provision during lockdown, being made redundant and her hopes for a future post-Covid.

Hannah a CV feedback volunteer for our Work It Out service shares her advice on job hunting and tips on approaching video call interviews.

Dionne shares her experience of writing to MP for Wolverhampton South East, Pat McFadden. She explains how the lockdown measures have affected her and asks him to support our #NoYoungWomanLeftBehind campaign.

In the next installment in our series of blogs from young women on the coronavirus crisis, we hear from Georgia who shares her experience of meeting an MP and the power she felt getting her voice heard. 

In this blog, Tyrone from Shelter outlines the key rights you have as a tenant in private rented housing.

In this blog, recruitment experts Jade and Charlotte from Young Women’s Trust partners Venn Group have put together some practical tips for anyone searching for a new job right now.