Christmas is all around us and for many, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But it’s easy to get caught up in the tinsel and traditions and lose sight of the messages we might be sending young people … Continued
On Wednesday 3 November 2021, GFS Bishop Auckland (AYCC) won NE Youth’s Action of the Year Award for their girls’ safety campaign, Lights for Nights. This original campaign is a for-girls, by-girls action, led by three of the outstanding members of this GFS group. The … Continued
November has been a truly exciting month for us at GFS, with our six group launches taking us all over England, touching down in Birmingham, Sunderland, Manchester, Liverpool and London. At GFS we’re committed to opening groups for girls across … Continued
It’s our favourite time of year, once again – time to make your entries for the annual GFS Christmas Card! All GFS girls and young women aged 5-16 are eligible to enter. The winner will see their credited design printed … Continued
GFS is currently in an exciting period of external and internal change. We’re adding fresh faces to our head office, extraordinary Board of Trustees and on our committees. Throughout the recruitment process our board was determined to develop diversity on the board and committees, while also recruiting young trustees and committee members. We were completely swamped with the most incredible applicants. Now … Continued
Last term we celebrated International Women’s Day together by taking part in the #ChooseToChallenge activity. We loved seeing all of your art and photos, so this term we would love to all celebrate PRIDE month together. Our vision at GFS … Continued
This year, GFS encouraged people to participate in the UN’s #ChooseToChallenge theme, which looked to challenge gender inequalities, because with challenge comes change. We have loved seeing the great efforts put in by our girls, supporters and sponsors! Your challenges have inspired us and many women all over the world however, the fight … Continued
Monday 8 March is International Women’s Day. IWD is an opportunity for to be a part of the wider movement for gender equality and this year we’d love you to take part in the #ChooseToChallenge theme. To take part with children1. … Continued
As you will all know, we now have a smaller Operations Team than we did at the start of 2020. We have taken some time to think about how we should address this. We are in a pandemic and need … Continued
We are delighted to announce that Leanne Massey will be taking over from Iana Vidal as our new Chair of Trustees. We were fortunate to have amazing women apply for the role, but Leanne stood out because of her strong … Continued