Since the beginning, GFS England and Wales has worked with girls and young women to encourage them to fulfil their potential. Our founder started a movement that brought women of a backgrounds together, in pursuit of a fair society. It is that spirit that inspires today.

 We have a vision of a society free from gender inequality. We aim to achieve it by helping girls and young women build friendships, gain confidence and learn that they are unstoppable.

What we do

We create a programme of activities designed to develop confidence, self-esteem, emotional wellbeing and resilience. This programme is built of six strands that we see as fundamental for empowering girls and young women; 

• Happy to be me
• My community
• Skills for life
• Have fun
• Get active
• Be creative

We recruit and train women volunteers to deliver that programme in a single gender space.

We are an organisation for girls and women of all faiths and none, and some of our groups have an element of faith in their activities We have been supporting girls and young women for 145 years and we are proud to have 36 groups who continue that work today; breaking stereotypes one girl at a time.

​Contacts:      President GFS England - Pam Hutchison. pamhutchison@btinternet.com

                            President GFS Wales - Mrs Catriona Charlesworth - Catriona.1965@btinternet.com

Web page:    https://girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk

                            CEO, GFS England and Wales - Ms Laura Sercombe -  

                             Board member: Poppy Winks poppy.elizabeth@live.com