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
We’re trying hard to get more women on the bill, but there are still more male bands. So, it’s got to start from lower down. Girls have got to be encouraged to learn instruments in school. Women and girls do … Continued
On Friday, Global radio stations announced this round of Global’s Make Some Noise raised over £2.6 million in grant money for 41 small charities – including GFS. Each individual charity is receiving a grant in support of our life … Continued