-Free- Friendly-Feminist- Folkestone-
Folkestone Women’s Forum is a feminist organization with community, collaboration, and connection at its core. We hold discussions of our interests, work, passions, and experiences. We also support and publicize other events under the FWF umbrella – meet-ups, book discussions, walks, games nights, meals – and encourage you to get involved in organizing these.
Born at the WOW festival and founded and run voluntarily by Katy Lockey and Catherine Sangster, FWF has been running free feminist events in Folkestone since 2015. To date, this has included over 100 regular gatherings with speakers, 4 IWD festivals, online workshops during COVID-19, book groups, walks, craft nights, and many more casual social events.
FWF is currently in the process of becoming a charity.
We have no formal membership and our events are free of charge. Our events are open to people of all genders, across ages, social groups, and the political spectrum. In terms of younger attendees, those aged 11+ are generally always welcome; we will include a content note in event listings if there’s a more adult theme. You are always welcome to bring babies with you.
The Forum is run by Katy Lockey and Catherine Sangster with the help of an informal committee, which all are welcome to join. If you would like to help out or propose an event, please share your idea with us!
