Home Girls Unite (HGU) is a  Community Interest Company (CIC) that provides a safe space for eldest daughters from immigrant homes. It is founded by eldest daughters out of frustration for the lack of support for the unique challenges we face. As eldest daughters ourselves, we understand how this position infiltrates every aspect of our lives and so we are in the best position to understand the support our users need. This is a key strength of our organisation and one we are reminded of when we receive feedback such as ‘I wish I came across HGU sooner’. Such feedback reinforces that we are improving the lives of eldest daughters.

We run monthly events (now online due to Ms Rona) and a weekly podcast that tackles a range of topics including anxiety and setting boundaries.

“It was April 2018, we were in a room full of women, amazing women, amazing women that were there to fight for the rights of other women. We spent five days learning how to be empowered, to be leaders and to dismantle patriarchy and work to end sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls.  We were at the 2018 TuWezeshe Young Women’s Leadership Programme by FORWARD UK. At the end of the fellowship, we shed a few tears, took a lot of photos, laughed and dragged our suitcases to the train station – it was the end of our amazing week-long programme but unknowingly, that meant the beginning of Home Girls Unite.”

– Hanna & Yasin, Co-Founders.