Celebrate International Women’s Day at the BeHER Women’s Community Festival
Join Manchester Central Library as we celebrate women this International Women’s Day 2025.
This event is organised by women-led community organisations from across the city. It’s all about coming together to support each other to ‘Heal, Encourage and Revive’ and to have a great time.
The events for IWD 2025 are:
Heal – Performance Space
- Flourish Together; Mindfulness Activity for relaxation and meditation, 11am-1pm
- Equal Education Chances; letter writing and positive affirmations session, 11:20am-12:15pm
Encouraged – Performance Space 2 and 3
- Community Thriving Together; sharing personal stories and overcoming challenges, 11am-11:50am
- Trailblazers; Banner Making (remove ‘banner making’) including creating bookmarks and stitching
- Young Identity with Shirley May; poetry performance by Young Identity members, 11:55am-12:15pm
- Flourish Together; a 30-minute fireside chat chaired by Nickala Torkington about women changemakers, 12:20pm-12:50pm.
Revived – Performance Space 2 and 3
- Bollyfit; an exercise class inspired by multicultural dance, 1pm-1:30pm
- Councillor Ermina Bell will give a closing speech about the event, 1:35pm-1:45pm
- DJ set to inspire and uplift
Glass Room/Sensory Space
- Flourish Together; Bookable pop-up spa for treatments for 20 mins including Indian Head Massage in a clothed and seated setting, 11am-2pm
Find out more about BeHER: Women’s Community Festival at Manchester Central Library
