In 2024, Basis Yorkshire, National Ugly Mugs (NUM), and POW Nottingham came together in partnership to improve outcomes for sex workers who have experienced violence. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, this collaboration brought together the strengths of sex worker-led and sex worker-serving organisations with more than 80 years of collective experience supporting the … Continue reading Statement on SWISVA Program »

For Pride Month 2025, we will be looking at various groups of people we support at Basis Yorkshire who are within the LGBTQ+ society and examine how stigma and discrimination affects them, and what we do to empower them and promote safety. At Basis Yorkshire, we support young people (up to 25 years old, all … Continue reading Pride Month 2025 – LGBTQ+ Young People and Isolation »

Leeds Frontline Network Event – Reflections from the 2024 Women’s Rough Sleeping Census At our latest Leeds Frontline Network event, we came together to reflect on the 2024 Women’s Rough Sleeping Census—and what it tells us about the unique challenges women face when experiencing homelessness in Leeds in preparation for this year’s census in September. … Continue reading Shining a Light on Women’s Homelessness in Leeds »

On the 2nd of June 1975, over 100 sex workers began an 8-day occupation of Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. They demanded an end to fines, stigma, police harassment and the removal of their children, demanded justice for those who had experienced harm and violence only to be ignored by the police, and expressed anger … Continue reading International Sex Worker Day 2025 »

On 25th February 2025, the Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network hosted a powerful training session led by Amber Wilson from Basis Yorkshire: “Introduction to Working with Women Who Sex Work” as we know sex workers are over-represented in hidden homelessness and experience stigma in all systems including housing and health. The Leeds Women’s Homelessness and … Continue reading Supporting Women Who Sex Work: Why Frontline Training Matters »