POW Nottingham is a non-profit voluntary organisation that is here to ensure the health, safety and well-being of sex workers and those at risk of being exploited.

"We will provide the tools to empower our service users to be safe, healthy and achieve positive lifestyle changes".

POW's core aims are to preserve and promote good health, relieve financial hardship, advance the education of those involved in sex work and support lifestyle changes from those who wish to exit sex work. To achieve these aims POW provides an array of services and successfully engages with a very chaotic, vulnerable and hard to reach client group. POW clients have complex support needs relating to issues surrounding sex work, including Class A drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, violent and abusive experiences and mental and physical health issues.

Main activities to meet these needs are:

A Drop-in service providing:
• One to one support sessions;
• Face to face interventions and casework to improve lives in areas such as benefit advice, debt relief, housing and tenancy support and physical health treatments;
• Drug Treatment Clinics;
• Needle Exchange;
• Sexual Health and Contraception Clinics;
• Clothes Bank;
• Support and encouragement to access mainstream services;
• Signposting, referral and advice;
• Hot meals and laundry services.

Daytime and evening outreach services providing: • Condom and rape alarm distribution;
• Outreach Sexual Health service;
• Sauna and flat visits;

• Home visits;
• Hospital, rehab and prison visits;
• Accompanied Court appearances;
• First disclosure from victims;
• Essential basic needs such as toiletries, clothing and food.