Greater Manchester Women's Support Alliance

Greater Manchester Women's Support Alliance GMWSA is made up of 9 women's centres that provide support services to women in Greater Manchester

🩷 Meet the Team! 🩷Meet Sophie! Sophie is a Styal Link Worker who works with women preparing for release from prison by m...
04/03/2026

🩷 Meet the Team! 🩷

Meet Sophie! Sophie is a Styal Link Worker who works with women preparing for release from prison by making sure they are able to receive community support upon their release. Her role is vital in supporting women reintegrate into society and she enjoys seeing the women's positive progress once they have contact with their local women's centre.

Outside of work, Sophie is a fan of doing some Muay Thai training with her children and spending her free time being a social butterfly! 🦋

🩵 Meet the Team! 🩵For Women's History Month and the run-up to IWD, we are doing a series of Meet the Team posts to highl...
02/03/2026

🩵 Meet the Team! 🩵

For Women's History Month and the run-up to IWD, we are doing a series of Meet the Team posts to highlight the work our incredible staff members do! 🌻

First up is Olubukola! Olubukola is our Contracts Manager and is the brains behind all the data collection. She is constantly working on ensuring the data is accurate and pulls out the relevant numbers for reports, which demonstrates the impact of our work in an accessible format.

Outside of work, Olubukola is keen on visiting new places and tasting different cuisines so she can appreciate all the world has to offer us 💌

March is Women's History Month! 👯‍♀️🩷Although we should be doing this everyday, this is the time to especially highlight...
01/03/2026

March is Women's History Month! 👯‍♀️🩷

Although we should be doing this everyday, this is the time to especially highlight all the incredible differences women have made all throughout history that changed the way society regards women, and the positive impact women have and continue to have in all areas of society.

Women's History Month is also a reminder to continue our fight against misogyny by uplifting all women to ensure our collective voice is heard to make even more herstory 💌

Want to make a difference this International Women's Day? Why not support our work!🌻No matter how much you donate, it wi...
26/02/2026

Want to make a difference this International Women's Day? Why not support our work!🌻

No matter how much you donate, it will go towards strengthening our services so that we can continue to support women with unmet needs across Greater Manchester 💌

A recent study by a su***de prevention programme in Kent suggests that roughly a third of recorded su***des in England a...
23/02/2026

A recent study by a su***de prevention programme in Kent suggests that roughly a third of recorded su***des in England and Wales from 2018 to 2024 were linked to domestic abuse. If this research reflects the UK average, then it is thought up to 1,500 victims of domestic abuse take their lives, which is 15 times more than originally thought according to The Guardian.

This research demonstrates how the majority of su***de cases are dismissed as the link between domestic abuse and su***de is severely underreported. The harrowing statistic reveals how it is mainly women, as domestic abuse is a disproportionally gendered crime, that are once again subject to poor policing and lack of accountability, which prevents them from accessing support in the first place and ultimately results in lives being lost.

We hope the new VAWG strategy will take this research into account and put initiatives into place that thoroughly investigate cases of su***de to determine whether domestic abuse is a factor, but to also ensure that survivors are protected in the first place to drastically reduce instances of domestic abuse and fully prevent such su***de cases.

Our member centres do their best to create a warm and welcoming environment for the women that attend. This creates a sa...
19/02/2026

Our member centres do their best to create a warm and welcoming environment for the women that attend. This creates a safe space for service users to freely open up and talk about their experiences and receive the appropriate support 💌

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone observing the holy month! 🌙🩵
18/02/2026

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone observing the holy month! 🌙🩵

Our Health Workers recently visited Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) with our Health and Partnerships Manager, Er...
16/02/2026

Our Health Workers recently visited Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) with our Health and Partnerships Manager, Erykah, for their monthly meeting! 🌻

These meetings are great opportunities for the health workers to come together and share experiences, gain further knowledge and receive peer support. One of our health workers, Debby, said "I look forward to the in-person catch-ups as I benefit from coming together as a team and hearing what the health workers have been doing in their centres."

We appreciate all the work our health workers do and the invaluable support they provide to women at our member centres regarding all things health! 💌

🩵 Petrus Open Day! 🩵Our member centre, Petrus Community, is hosting an open day this month! This is an opportunity to le...
12/02/2026

🩵 Petrus Open Day! 🩵

Our member centre, Petrus Community, is hosting an open day this month! This is an opportunity to learn more about the work Petrus do and the types of roles available.

If you are interested in a career in the charity sector and want to make an impact by fighting homelessness, this could be an event for you! Details are listed in the image and more info can be found on their website 💌

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🩷🔬This day highlights the amazing contributions women have...
11/02/2026

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🩷🔬

This day highlights the amazing contributions women have made to the science field and aims to challenge gender inequalities present in the STEM sector. Today is also important for encouraging more women and girls to study STEM subjects and establish a career in the field, free of barriers.

Women's health inequalities in Greater Manchester are often exacerbated by a variety of factors such as structural barri...
09/02/2026

Women's health inequalities in Greater Manchester are often exacerbated by a variety of factors such as structural barriers, trauma and poverty. These factors tend to intersect and prevent women from accessing the right support at the right time, which escalates health inequalities.

Therefore, it is imperative that trauma-informed, gender-responsive approaches across the NHS, VCSE sector and probation unite to ensure the full extent of women's health inequalities are considered. This is so the appropriate strategy can be devised, which focuses on the influence of socioeconomic factors, prevention and accessibility to health services, to improve health outcomes for women across Greater Manchester.

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Ge***al Mutilation (FGM), a global call to end the extremely...
06/02/2026

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Ge***al Mutilation (FGM), a global call to end the extremely dangerous and inhumane practice of FGM.

The fact that FGM is still being practiced in many countries demonstrates how evident the patriarchy is as so many women and girls are still denied the human right of having control over their own bodies.

FGM is very detrimental to women's health in all ways possible, and a united stand against it is needed to fully end the practice. Therefore, this day is a reminder to continue the conversation on FGM and educate each other on the harmful impacts to increase awareness and become one step closer to outlaw the practice worldwide.

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