YWCA England & Wales

YWCA is the leading charity working with the most disadvantaged young women in England and Wales.
YWCA ywr brif elusen syn gweithio gydar menywod ifanc mwyaf difreintiedig yng Nghymru a Lloegr.

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I felt invisible

Michelle: I am writing in support of young mums, having faced a similar situation to a lot of these stories and I had my son at 24!! (but I look younger). I got a degree, got a job with a salary of 26k, we bought a house, then three years later got married and fell pregnant. I worked with 9 women aged 34 to... more


Young mums are not scum!

Bubblees: Young mums have always got a bad press. People assume we are all single, skint and useless. I had my daughter when I was 17. I am ... more

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Don't get into debt: "I'm on benefits and everything just seemed to get really, really tight. All these people were emailing me about loans and they was... more

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Women in custody are more than five times more likely to have mental health problems than women in the general population

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Women are more likely than men to owe money to local money lenders. The majority of users of illegal lenders are women, mainly with families

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A quarter of women in the UK experience domestic violence in their lifetime

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From April 2007 to March 2008 1,317 girls and young women had their work at YWCA either recorded
or accredited with a qualification

their stories

their stories

Hayley
Hayley suffered post traumatic stress disorder after being attacked at school. She turned to alcohol to deal with the situation...

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