Welcome to our new blog series of inspiring and uplifting stories of wisdom and experiences of incredible women. In today’s blog we hear from Julie Kapsalis CEO of North East Surrey College of Technology and her journey from girl to … Continued
In last year’s focus groups, we found that GFS girls are more likely to be unhappy with their lives at school than other children their age. In fact, only 47% of GFS girls said they were happy at school. “There … Continued
On Friday, 2nd August, a group of GFS ‘veterans’ took a trip to the GFS archive at The Women’s Library based at LSE. The group consisted of Pam Hutchison (England President), Catriona Charlesworth (Wales President), Poppy Winks (England Vice President), … Continued
We’re excited to announce that GFS Eldon Group Leader and GFS England President, Pam Hutchison, has been nominated for the Charity Champion of the Year Award by the North East Charity Awards. For more than 50 years, Pam has supported … Continued
GFS Regional Fun Days give girls a chance to make new friends and try new things in a safe environment, by bringing girls together from multiple neighbouring groups. Thanks to those who donated to our Big Give match-fundraiser, we were … Continued
We’re looking forward to heading off to our partners’ feminist folk festival, The Magpies Festival, on 9-10th August. But first, we wanted to tell you a bit more about this fantastic festival’s background and how we got involved. When the … Continued
Relationships and friendships are the primary source of happiness for girls and young women, according to Plan UK’s newest State of Girls Rights Report. But when girls struggle with navigating friendships, it can negatively impact their mental health and wellbeing. … Continued
Every term, GFS picks a big awareness day to celebrate with our girls. The day could be designed to teach them something, celebrate themselves or just have fun. For Summer Term, we’ve celebrated International Friendship Day! Friendship is a core … Continued
On 28 May we launched GFS Heywood in Greater Manchester. We had ten amazing girls attend and had so much fun getting to know each other, while making self portraits, friendship bracelets and glitter tattoos. Our Head of Operations for … Continued
A few months ago, we announced that GFS CEO, Laura Sercombe, will be stepping down from her role ahead of our 150th year. Today, we’re delighted to announce the appointment of our new CEO – Heather Smith. Heather comes to … Continued