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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · 23d

ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT!
Please help us reach our target - every £1 you donate will be doubled by the Big Give. ❤️❤️❤️ #wgmf
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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · 25d

6 days left of our Big Give campaign!

Women & Girls Match Fund 2025

The donation will provide free filmmaking workshops for girls and young women across the North East through our engagement programme.

Follow the link to donate!
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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · 26d

We’ve had our first donation for our Big Give campaign! Thank you so much - we know who you are and you will be receiving a special invitation when we premiere this incredibly important film.
Please follow this link to donate.
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Our stories of the manosphere need to be heard. – Big Give

To provide free filmmaking workshops for girls and young women across the North East through our outreach and engagement programme. …

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · 26d

It's BIG GIVE WEEK!
Women & Girls Match Fund 2025
From 12pm 8th - 15th October, every pound you donate will double the difference for charities helping women and girls to dream freely, achieve proudly, and live boldly.
Please follow this link to donate...
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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Sep 19

We're at Women X Film Festival today with our film IMPACT screening as an official selection!! ✨♥️

The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Sep 11

THIS SATURDAY!
13th Sep 11am-1pm
Newcastle Arts Centre
Email [email protected]

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Sep 9

JOIN US!

* FREE accessible, relaxed sessions!
* For ages 12-25
* Learn Filmmaking skills
* Get a level 1 qualification in film and TV media
To find out more visit www.youngwomensfilmacademy.co.uk
or email [email protected]

The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jul 30

We're so excited to share that we are a finalist in the North East Charity Awards 2025 in the 'Outstanding Contribution to Social Change' category!

Huge congratulations to all the other charities shortlisted, we are all doing such magnificent work ☺️

#necharityawards

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jul 21

TOMORROW!
Future Lasses is back!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jul 19

🌈🌈🌈Happy Pride in Newcastle!❤️❤️❤️
To celebrate next week we are presenting a FREE screening of the film Battle of the Sexes @ Screen on the Green!

FREE!

❤️Huge THANK YOU to NE1: Get into Newcastle ❤️

The YWFA team will be there with some cool freebies and info about our programmes!

See you there!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jul 12

SATURDAY THE 19th JULY! 🌈🌞🌈🌞🌈🌞

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jul 9

We would like to welcome Bridget and Karin to our board of trustees. You can see they have loads of experience to help us along the way!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jun 30

This Saturday the 5th July! We are meeting in person in the large conference room Newcastle Arts Centre where we will be projecting a workshop via zoom about storytelling. (we won't have any VR equipment - it's all about developing characters!) See you there!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards

We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jun 18

Please click the link in comments to nominate us in the Children & Young People Special Draw - simply fill in the short nomination form to get us into the draw to win a £5,000 grant,
Thank You ❤️❤️❤️

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jun 17

This Saturday!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Jun 4

This weeks Saturday club!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · May 12

The next Future Lasses in Film will be on the 27th May 6-8pm at Newcastle Arts Centre.

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · May 8

Join us on Saturday the 17th May for the Late Shows at Newcastle Arts Centre 6-9pm! We promise a fun night and you get to take away your POWER POSE photo!

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · May 6

Here’s some tips from the BBC….

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How to deal with exam stress in the run-up to GCSEs and Nationals - BBC Bitesize

If you're finding exam season stressful, try and relax – we've got some tips that will help you manage stress during your GCSEs and Nationals.

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · May 6

We've found some links to websites that help with mindfulness and managing stress. Have a look if you're doing your GCSEs this year. 🤞 🤞 🤞 Good Luck! 🤞🤞🤞

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The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Mar 17

We're excited to be part of the Tyne Valley Film Festival!

BYKER + Shorts from the Young Women's Film Academy
Presented by Ovingham Reading Room
Friday 21st March at 19:30

The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Mar 17

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from Bernicia for our Talent and Skills Programme, enabling more young women to access our Future Lasses in Film group and participate in industry led opportunities whilst gaining certification in Film and Media Production!
#berniciafoundation #bernicia

The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Mar 14

We are incredibly grateful to have received a grant from The Garfield Weston Foundation for the work we do supporting the girls and young women we work with to access our programmes. 😍

The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social · Mar 5

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