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GM Women's Equality Party Local Elections 2023
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Aim
WE have six candidates contesting the local elections this May. Please support our brilliant candidates.
WE have six candidates contesting the local elections this May covering wards in five different local authorities across Greater Manchester.
Meet Hattie Thomas
This year Hattie is not only standing for Tameside Council but also for Mossley Parish Council – and we’re hoping she’ll be the Party’s next elected representative! Can you help us fund her leafleting campaign? We’re printing two different leaflets and having them delivered across the ward and are pounding the streets of Mossley with extra leaflets over the next few weekends.
Hattie is a single mum and a full-time teacher. Like many families in Mossley she has to juggle work with parenting and paying for childcare. Since COVID the gender pay and pension gaps have increased with women still undertaking the majority of caregiving. That’s why Hattie is campaigning for investment in both childcare and social care so everyone can have equality of opportunity in childcare, caregiving and in the workplace.
Hattie is also determined that the new Mossley development plan will make tackling gender based violence and abuse both a political and policing priority. She wants the Council to invest in community support services for victims as well as educational programmes to challenge and change the male attitudes and behaviours that are at the root of violence against women and girls.
Meet Donna-Maree HumpheryDonna is once again contesting her home ward of Weaste & Seedley, where she gained an incredible 10% of the vote last year. We have organised the printing and delivery of a leaflet across the whole ward explaining to voters why they should give their vote to Donna once again. Donna is a social worker, lecturer, and social activist and worked for many years with child survivors of sexual abuse. Tackling violence against women and girls is a critical priority for Donna whilst almost 3 women every week are still being murdered by a (former) partner or family member and whilst our criminal justice system seems to have virtually de-criminalised rape.
Meet Paula King and Diane Coffey Diane is contesting Heatons North whilst Paula is contesting Reddish North. Diane is a keen walker and campaigner for the preservation of our green spaces and is our branch’s Stockport Outreach Officer. Paula is a Mental Health practitioner and is standing for WEP in her home ward for the second time.
Meet Sharon Richards who is having her very first outing as a WEP candidate contesting the new ward of Manor in Trafford following a boundary review.
Meet Samantha Days who completes our line-up of wonderful candidates, standing in her home ward of Crumpsall in Manchester for the third time.
Barbara Guest, our Elections Campaign Officer said:
"The last few years has underlined just how important it is for society to tackle what's become an epidemic of violence and abuse against women in the UK. We have been campaigning to ensure this fundamental right - to live in safety and without fear - is made both a political and policing priority.
We are holding the GM Mayor and Chief Constable of GMP to account to ensure recommendations to tackle police misconduct and misogyny are implemented in our police service and that GMP’s plans are communicated widely to all women across Greater Manchester urgently.
We will continue to take action to highlight misogyny in GMP to force fundamental change to the organisational culture that lies at the heart of these problems”.
Every ££ raised will support our election campaigns. WE hope you can help but understand if you’re not able to at this time, as everyone is facing such huge financial pressures.
NB: As we're a political party we are required to run permissibility checks on donations over £50. These will be completed as you make your donation. We therefore cannot accept anonymous donations.
If you give over £50 your details will appear in our election returns, and if you donate over £7,500 your name will appear on the Electoral Commission website.
This project successfully funded on 17th May 2023