Voices

Samaira and Lauren, members of our Young Women’s Advisory Panel, share their experiences of being on the panel and the importance of young women’s involvement in our work.

Cyan is running in the London Landmarks Half Marathon to raise money for Young Women’s Trust. She shares what motivated her to take on the challenge and how she is progressing with her training programme.

Polly shares with us how important coaching was to her at the beginning of the pandemic. She explains how coaching worked for her and how her coach, Yasmin, helped her to see that opportunities will come along.

We spoke to 4 of our Work It Out Ambassadors, Timah, Elena, Gina and Nazrin, to ask them about their experience of our free CV feedback service for women aged 18 to 30.

Iulia, a Research Centre Associate explains her experience of becoming a peer researcher. She reflects on her experience of the peer research programme and the importance of this work.

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.

We hear from Rose at SAWN, a partner organisation who helped to distribute Emergency Fund payments to vulnerable young women.

Research Centre Associate Freya explains why peer research makes discussing mental health issues easier.

Emma Feasey our Services Manager and Sarah Sheerman-Chase our Head of Digital talk about a project to make our CV feedback service easier to use.

Siobhan shares how her Work It Out Coach Jeffrey helped her to set goals and focus on what is important to her in both her professional and personal life.

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