Supporting Women's Charities

Making a Difference

Over the years, Wear and Resist has supported a variety of charities based both the US and the UK including: Alliance for Choice,  The Fawcett SocietyCode to Inspire, Abortion Rights Campaign, The National Network of Abortion Funds, The D.E.C. Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, Trevii HouseThe Florence Project, The Bail ProjectYoung Women's Trust, Rosa and Woman's Trust.

This year Wear and Resist supports the following charities. You can read more about them below.

Women for Refugee Women

Women for Refugee Women is a London-based charity that supports and empowers women seeking asylum in the UK, as well as advocating for change and challenging the injustices they experience. 

Sarah and Eliza Day at Women for Refugee Women's 15th Anniversary party with Olivia reading her poem, Say Yes to My Body.

Celebrating 15 years of Women for Refugee Women!

I wrote about our night out in London with one of my favourite charities. Click to listen to Olivia reading her incredible poem. 

Bloody Good Period

Bloody Good Period does a bloody good job of getting period products to those who need them as well as raising  awareness about period poverty and ending the stigma of talking about periods. 

Welsh Women's Aid

Welsh Women’s Aid is a feminist charity challenging violence against women and misogyny across Wales.

Read Sophie Weeks's article about the origins of the chopsy necklace and the loaded meaning of the word itself.

Abortion Support Network

Abortion Support Network provides information on clinics, travel and accommodation and financial assistance for those who need access to safe abortions across many European countries on a case-by-case basis. They are currently helping people impacted by the war in Ukraine.

The Sameer Project

The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization led by three Palestinians in the diaspora, are the proud directors and funders of a tent encampment in Central Gaza that provides shelter and specialized support to displaced families who have critical medical issues, called The Refaat Alareer Camp.

The Brontë Society Learning Fund

The Brontë Society offers an exciting, cross-curricular education service committed to imagination and creativity in learning.

Centenary Action

Centenary Action was established by Professor Helen Pankhurst CBE, granddaughter of Sylvia and great-granddaughter of Emmeline, in 2018 to mark the centenary of some women getting the right to vote and to take action over the following 10 years to deliver a gender equal parliament by 2028.