Getaway Girls

Getaway Girls We empower girls and young women to build their confidence, resilience and futures at our safe space hub in Seacroft, Leeds. Our Objectives:

1.

We offer groups, practical support, holiday programmes and a créche service. Find our free groups on our website. Getaway Girls is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee with over 25 years experience of working with young women and girls in Leeds . Our Aim: To enable vulnerable young women aged 11-25 from Leeds to build confidence, develop new skills and take positive risks in an

environment which offers co-operation and support. To plan, facilitate and evaluate a long term group work programme for vulnerable young women – which includes: Young mums group for under 19′s, Fusion support for young women new to the country, 13-16 support groups, 16+ emotional health group.

2. To plan, facilitate and evaluate short term issue based groups in schools and community settings - Utilising our own toolkits we have developed called "On the Right Track" and "Keep Sussed and Safe"

3. To offer practical and emotional support for vulnerable young - which means providing individual support around many issues including housing, employment, college, pregnancy testing, C Card.

4. To offer new opportunities for learning and confidence building – including residential, exchange visits, cultural events, inter-generational work.

5. To run physical activity / adventure education opportunities – including sports sessions, canoeing, raft-building, Self defence, Gym.

6. To run excellent quality creche provision which offers safe, creative, fun activities for under 5′s, whilst their mums engage in positive activities.

7. To offer further opportunities for training, peer education, voice and influence - which includes the opportunity to complete an Introduction to Youth Work course, or become involved with the VIP Group.

8. To build on current and new fruitful partnerships for the benefit of girls and young women in Leeds.

9. To monitor and evaluate all our work and demonstrate effectiveness. The vulnerable young women we support include:-
Young mums
Young women at risk in early pregnancy
Young women in care and care leavers
Young women who are excluded or struggled with school and college
Young women getting their lives back on track
Young women living in poverty
Young women who have suffered/witnessed domestic violence
Young women with low self-esteem / lacking in confidence
Young women who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)

AREAS OF WORK
Our work focuses on the following 3 areas:

Health & Wellbeing
Cultural Identity and Diversity
Voice and Influence

Just one week left to apply ⏰ We're recruiting for a new role as part of our Girls and Young Women Thrive project, based...
04/06/2026

Just one week left to apply ⏰

We're recruiting for a new role as part of our Girls and Young Women Thrive project, based at The Hills, our new space in Harehills, Leeds.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about empowering girls and young women through groupwork, community engagement and relationship-building.

If you have youth and community work experience and want to help create opportunities for girls and young women to thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

📅 Applications close in one week
🔗 Find out more and apply via our website

This is Chèlea 💜Recently, she represented Getaway Girls at the People's Fund event, presenting our Harehills Safe Space ...
04/06/2026

This is Chèlea 💜

Recently, she represented Getaway Girls at the People's Fund event, presenting our Harehills Safe Space project to local residents and helping secure funding for work that will support girls and young women at risk of exploitation.

Reflecting on the experience, Chèlea said:

"It was an honour to represent Getaway Girls and present our Harehills Safe Space project. Being selected to share this project was a real privilege and I’m proud to have contributed towards securing funding that will create safety, opportunities and empowerment for young girls."

At Getaway Girls, we believe girls and young women should have a voice in shaping the services and opportunities available to them. Chèlea's involvement is a brilliant example of that in action.

Thank you to everyone who voted for the project 💜

A big thank you to for kindly donating some new storage units to Getaway Girls 💜Here's Nav, one of our Youth Workers, h...
03/06/2026

A big thank you to for kindly donating some new storage units to Getaway Girls 💜

Here's Nav, one of our Youth Workers, helping us put them to good use. Practical donations like this make a real difference behind the scenes, helping us keep our spaces organised, welcoming and ready for whatever each session brings.

Thank you for your support ✨

We’re so excited to share that we are receiving funding through The People’s Fund!Girls from our groups presented our pr...
22/05/2026

We’re so excited to share that we are receiving funding through The People’s Fund!

Girls from our groups presented our project live at the event, speaking about why safe spaces and support for girls and young women in Harehills are so important. Meeting the inspiring Alison Lowe OBE, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) in West Yorkshire, was a highlight of the night ✨

The funding will help us develop Safe Space support at The Hills, our new Harehills base, through targeted groupwork and individual support for girls and young women at risk of exploitation.

We’re incredibly proud of the girls who represented Getaway Girls so brilliantly.

It was brilliant to stand alongside so many organisations doing important work across Leeds, and we’re so grateful to everyone who voted for us 💜

A huge thank you to Amreen at for a generous donation of over £300 to Getaway Girls 💜The donation was raised through a ...
21/05/2026

A huge thank you to Amreen at for a generous donation of over £300 to Getaway Girls 💜

The donation was raised through a raffle at the Leeds-based activewear brand’s launch event. Avancé Active is founded by women and rooted in empowering women.

This week, Amreen visited us at Getaway Girls:

“Supporting Getaway Girls felt like a natural choice because of the incredible work they do helping young girls across Leeds build confidence, develop life skills, and create opportunities for their future.”

It’s always especially energising receiving support from women-led businesses and organisations who believe in helping girls and young women thrive ✨

We’re hiring 💜We’re looking for a Girls and Young Women’s Empowerment Worker (Harehills) to join our team and help creat...
20/05/2026

We’re hiring 💜

We’re looking for a Girls and Young Women’s Empowerment Worker (Harehills) to join our team and help create safe, supportive and empowering spaces for girls and young women in Leeds.

If you’re passionate about youth work, community and helping young women thrive, we’d love to hear from you ✨

🗓 Applications close 11 June
🔗 Apply via our website

07/05/2026

We’re proud to launch ‘Thrive In Education: A Charter For Girls And Young Women’ 💜

Created by Getaway Girls as part of the Charter was shaped by conversations with girls and young women across Leeds about what they really need to thrive in education.

Girls told us that thriving means more than grades. It means feeling:

✨ Supported
✨ Safe
✨ Heard
✨ Connected
✨ Treated fairly

The Charter brings those voices together into a practical call for schools and education settings to better support girls and young women.

This short clip is taken from a longer film narrated by Chelea, one of our amazing Getaway Girls, helping bring this work to life.

🎥 Watch the full film and explore the Charter on our website.

Last night, we celebrated the opening of Stand Strong, Be Yourself at Leeds Arts University 💜This exciting collaborative...
29/04/2026

Last night, we celebrated the opening of Stand Strong, Be Yourself at Leeds Arts University 💜

This exciting collaborative exhibition, open until 20 June, brings together research, creativity and young women’s lived experience through art, poetry and animation exploring online objectification and resilience.

We’re proud to have contributed to this work alongside researchers including Dawn Woolley and colleagues, with creative workshops led by Paulette Morris, Denetta D3 Copeland and Marcia Brown, and support from our youth workers.

Ofcom identifies objectifying content as a major harm experienced by girls and women. This project helps bring those issues into public conversation in a powerful and accessible way.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible. And if you’re in Leeds, we hope you’ll go and experience it.

As part of the Safe Space for Her Campaign, we have partnered with a group of amazing organisations and initiatives acro...
27/04/2026

As part of the Safe Space for Her Campaign, we have partnered with a group of amazing organisations and initiatives across Northern Ireland and the North of England.

For the final week of the campaign, we're shining a light on Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service in Leeds. This service helps young women to find a way forward and face new challenges.

📢 We’re recruiting a Creche Worker to join our team in Seacroft, Leeds.We’re looking for someone with childcare experien...
23/04/2026

📢 We’re recruiting a Creche Worker to join our team in Seacroft, Leeds.

We’re looking for someone with childcare experience and a Level 3 Childcare qualification to support our creche provision during women’s sessions.

If you’re caring, reliable and interested in flexible sessional work within a supportive community organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

Please see full details on our website and share with anyone who may be interested.

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19 Brooklands Avenue
Leeds
LS146QH

Telephone

0113 240 5894

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