Let’s Talk Periods – WUKA x GirlDreamer

Periods. They happen to so many of us. At any given moment, around 800 million people are menstruating. With this being the case, why is it such a taboo topic? We shy away, discuss only in hushed tones and experience feelings of inherited embarrassment from our periods. Isn’t it bizarre to think that although it […]

Introducing .. The Dream Fund

Something super exciting is happening here at GirlDreamer. Allow us to tell you all about it … As a women of colour-led NGO, we know only too well of the challenges with funding and sustaining your organisations. When we first started GirlDreamer, funding and grants were something completely foreign and novel. We spent years navigating […]

GIRLDREAMER X TRUSTEES UNLIMITED

We’re SUPER excited to announce a new partnership with Trustees Unlimited! For those who may not know (and don’t worry, we didn’t either until we had to become one), “a Trustee has the overall legal responsibility for a charity. The law describes charity trustees as ‘the persons having the general control and management of the […]

WOMEN’S REFUGE APPEAL – WE DID IT!

Y’all are amazing. You want to know why? Well, let us tell you what happened. On Sunday 3rd May, we put a call out telling you all that we are going to be supporting a local women’s refuge that supports South Asian women and children who have suffered from domestic violence, forced marriage and honour […]

EMERGENCY WOMEN’S REFUGE SUPPORT

Hey all! As you may or may not know, our Co-founder Amna unfortunately contracted COVID-19 last month and has spent most of lockdown recovering from what can only be described as a scary and turbulent time both personally and professionally. However, we’re so pleased to announce that she has made an amazing recovery! We’d like […]

GirlDreamer COVID-19 Update

Humanity is faced with a lot right now and that means things may be changing around you. During this difficult time, we’re doing what we can as an organisation to best serve you through what we do and how we can adapt to the changes around us. Please read below to see how we will […]

Our Very First ‘GirlDreamer Advisory Board’

When we were asked why we wanted to set up an advisory board of young women of colour, we replied with: ‘why tf not?!’ *insert cute smiley* In all realness, we don’t see enough women of colour represented in most sectors. For us, when we started this journey of GirlDreamer, it was to inspire women […]

That Time We Met Meghan Markle & Prince Harry!

That’s correct. You read the names: Meghan Markle AND Prince Harry! You know that feeling when you somehow get backstage tickets to meet your favourite singer for like 30 seconds but that 30 seconds feels like 1 second and you feel so sweaty and nervous because you obvi want to proclaim how you’re their biggest […]

The 3 Mile Radius

So we have this theory. We created it in 2013 when we were running after school programmes in Birmingham’s most deprived areas (before GirlDreamer) and back then we called it the ‘Ten Mile Radius.’ During one our sessions, we were mapping out the daily life of our girls and how they foresee their perceived future […]

That Time We Created The UK’s First WoC Surf Crew

Just one month ago, one of my biggest dreams literally came to life through GirlDreamer. I co-created the opportunity to take other women of colour down to the South West of the UK to a town called Newquay, where we spent 4 days living together in what was called ‘the house of dreams’, watching movies […]