Voices

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.

In this week’s blog we hear from Rose at SAWN, a partner organisation who helped to distribute Emergency Fund payments to vulnerable young women.

Samaira talks about being a Mum in a pandemic and shares what she wants from the government.

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.