Stockport Women's Centre

Stockport Women's Centre

At a glance

Causes

  • Community safety / victim support / domestic violence
  • Counselling / advice
  • Mental health
  • Women

Other details

Geographical remit: 
Local

Objectives

Stockport Women's Centre works  to improve the quality of women’s lives in Stockport.

It  will support, empower and educate to improve the wellbeing and physical and mental health of women, enabling them to have improved life chances for themselves and their families.

Activities

The aims of SWC are: 

  1. To improve the mental health and wellbeing of women, improving their ability to provide a better environment in which they and their families can flourish.
  2. To specifically target Stockport priority areas addressing inequalities that exist and improve access to therapeutic services for women.
  3. To build relationships with our service users and each other based on trust and respect.
  4. To provide a safe, confidential, welcoming and nurturing environment for women.
  5. To promote well-being, confidence and self-esteem amongst staff, volunteers and service users.
  6. To offer a range of high quality, holistic, personalised services to support women.
  7. To provide an accessible, non-judgemental and confidential service for Stockport women.
  8. To encourage, empower and support women to make informed choices to improve their quality of life.
  9. To maximise opportunities for women in Stockport working in partnership with other organisations who are concerned with the health and support of women.
  10. To consult with our stakeholders to ensure continual improvement of our services.
  11. To continually monitor and evaluate our services to ensure that they meet the needs of women.
  12. To provide opportunities for women to help other women through volunteering, enabling them to learn and develop, and to give something back to the wider community.

To be an innovative and financially sustainable service to continue to meet all of our aims.

 

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