Storyhouse Changemakers: Our Female Experience

Meet this years Storyhouse Women Changemakers –  Amy, Elena, Molly and Tayla. The team of young people have been working together since January to curate a special event where you will hear direct from them. What does feminism mean to them? What would they like to see more of amongst their peer groups and what are their plans for the future. They will also be interviewing a special guest – our key note speaker Eliza Hatch.  

Tayla Aspden is a 6th Form student at Queen’s Park High School and has been a key volunteer at the school’s debate club, advocating for domestic violence and other issues with help from CSASS. As a ‘pub kid’ living within the city centre walls, Tayla is passionate about street violence, night time safety and the Ask for Angela Campaign. 

Amy Laird is a student at Deeside Sixth Form, Coleg Cambria and is passionate about the Gender Apartaide in Afganistan, Health inequalities and Period Poverty.  

Elena Leda Orfanidou is a former student at Cheshire College South & West and is currently working at the Crewe Lyceum Theatre. Elena is starting her degree in Glasgow this year. 

Molly Salter is a Climate Change Project Assistant and a student on the Low Carbon Energy Efficiency degree apprenticeship at Wrexham Glyndwr University.