Women's Community Project
Depaul UK and women@thewell have been funded by the Ministry of Justice to run services aimed at diverting women from custody. Working in partnership, the two organisations will provide centre-based services, accommodation and community support to help prevent offending behaviour and enable vulnerable young women to get their lives back on track. Many of the women we will be working with will have histories of rough sleeping, chaotic drug and alcohol use, prostitution and low-level acquisitive crime. We will respond with a whole range of services designed to put a jigsaw of support together to help the women break out of the cycles of abuse and exclusion they are caught up in, and to equip them with the skills and resources they need to rejoin society.
Aims and Objectives:
- To contribute towards a reduction of the number of women in prison who do not need to be there as they are not serious or violent offenders who pose a risk to the public.
- To provide services in the community for women at risk of offending and women offenders.
- To assess needs and provide an integrated package of support across a range of areas including: accommodation, mental health, training and employment, finance, physical health and drug and alcohol use.
Services are provided by women for women in a women only environment.
Client group / age:
Women, particularly young women aged 18-30, from across London, with a strong focus on those in Camden and Islington.
Services are designed for women at risk of offending and women offenders, including women at risk of receiving a custodial sentence, women on bail, women on community orders and women released following custodial sentences.
We offer access to appropriate specialist services, including:
- Housing advice, access to supported accommodation and emergency accommodation placements
- Benefits advice and advocacy
- Medical services (GP, mental and sexual health)
- Drugs/alcohol support and detox
- Legal support
- Mediation and relationship support
- Therapeutic support and counselling
- Pro-social activities
- Food, laundry and shower facilities, clothes store
- Opportunities for training, volunteering and employment placements
Download project materials below:
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Project Worker: Faye Maher
54/55 Birkenhead Street
Kings Cross
London
WC1H 8BB
