GIRLIE gatherings designed by a Brampton woman to increase women’s confidence and self-esteem have received a boost from a National Lottery grant.

Life coach Julie Hampshire, from Gileswood Crescent, founded Girlie Gatherings and will be using the £9,000 to put on a Great Girlie Gala in Rotherham’s Clifton Park on March 12 to celebrate International Women’s Day.

The free gala will be held from 10-4pm, followed at 6pm by a sponsored firewalk.

Over the past four years, Julie has teamed up with five other women who have become directors and partners of the business, registered as a social enterprise in June 2015.

Girlie Gatherings meet once a month at the Dearnesman in West Melton. Find information at www.greatgirliegala.co.uk.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle