Trailblazing Women in Hackney

This Women’s History Month, Xenia embarks upon a journey to explore untold women’s stories in Hackney…

Help us create a walking trail/map of stories so that more people can find out about the fantastic women living and working in the borough! We are particularly interested in finding out about everyday women, including migrant, refugee, asylum seeking, LGBTQ+ and disabled women and women's organisations whose stories and achievements are often missing from our public spaces.

How can you get involved?

• Join a Xenia session and find out more about our work, or

• Fill in a form to nominate a woman that you think more people should know about by 15th April 2023.

Are you part of an organisation or community group that wants to be involved in the project?

• We can join one of your sessions/workshops/meetings and speak to your members about the project or

• We can run hour-long workshops with your members and support them with submitting nominations or

• We would love to welcome any of your members identifying as women to the Xenia family!

To join a session or refer a member, please contact Meg on megan@xenia.org.uk or 07835277776.

Would you like to meet us, find out more about the project and submit you nominations in person? Join us at one of our drop-in, family-friendly events at the below dates and times:

• Saturday 25th March, 2-5pm, Newington Green Meeting House. Book here

• Thursday 30th March, 3-6pm, PEER UK. Book here

• Wednesday 6th April, 5-7.30pm, Hackney Archives. Book here

We would like for as many people in Hackney as possible to participate in the project and submit nominations, so we would love to hear from other Hackney-based community groups and organisations, as well as individuals. If you would like to discuss other ways to get involved, please contact Ioanna on workshops@xenia.org.uk.

To access a printable flyer about the project, please click here.