Specialist support for women in
Welcome to this directory of women’s centres and specialist women’s services based and operating in Cheshire.
The National Women’s Justice Coalition believes all women and girls in contact with the criminal justice system should have access to high quality, trauma-responsive, gender-specific specialist services that are evidence-based and continuously improving. To support this, each of the organisations featured on the Women’s Services Map has been reviewed and verified by the NWJC and the services advertised in this directory are routinely checked and updated for accuracy and availability.
Women’s Centres inCheshire
This is a list of women’s centres in Cheshire that offer a range of specialist services to address women and girl’s complex and multiple needs.
These services may include community support groups, clinics, programmes and drop-ins, self-help courses and trainings, prison-based and in-reach services, casework support and one to one personalised support and seek to address the following support needs: Behavioural Support, Domestic Abuse, Family, Parenting and Relationships, Finance, Benefit and Debt, Mental Health, Sexual Violence and Exploitation and Substance Misuse
Click on the Centre name to find out more about the featured organisation and the specialist women’s services they provide.
Tomorrow’s Women – Chester Centre
Tomorrow’s Women (TW) is an award-winning trauma informed Charity based in Chester , run by women for all women aged 18+ to make positive lifestyle changes. Working with female offenders, and those on the periphery, it is committed to reducing offending in adult women and young girls. TW also provides support for women Birkenhead on the Wirral.Support for women in Cheshire with Domestic Abuse challenges
Domestic violence and abuse support services help women and girls to overcome the physical, emotional, financial and logistical impacts of abuse and rebuild their lives free from fear and intimidation. For women seeking safety, fleeing from an abusive partner or relationship, or recovering as a survivor of abuse, these services can provide a framework for recovery.
Finding Me
Finding Me is a 6 week structured Domestic Abuse course that explores healthy and unhealthy characteristics, traits and behaviours within relationships as well as identifying areas of abuse. My Child and Me
My Child & Me is a unique course targeting women who are experiencing abuse from their children. Whereas most statutory resources & interventions focus on the child, this 5 week course is there to support the parents who are victim to abuse.Support for women in Cheshire with Mental Health challenges
Women and girls experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, poor mental health, at risk of self-harm or emotional crisis, and difficulties accessing appropriate mental healthcare need specialist support. This includes help to access to mental health professionals, counselling, talking therapies, services and advocacy support. These services can signpost and refer women into appropriate services, develop care plans, facilitate crisis interventions, and begin to address women’s mental health issues and challenges to achieve mental health wellness.
Alcohol and Me
Alcohol and Me is a 5 week alcohol awareness programme to help women who may have concerns about their drinking habits to understand their relationship with alcohol and learn how to manage their consumption. It takes women through the different types of alcohol drinking to recognise whether they have, or may be developing, an alcohol problem. Wellbeing and Me
Wellbeing & Me is a 4 week course for women to address their mental health, helping women to understand the effects that stress can have on us. Red to Pink
Red to Pink is a 4 week anger management course delivered by our staff at Tomorrow’s Women. The course revolves around learning the skills to express anger appropriately. Happy Healthy Homes
There is no one size fits all approach to parenting, but our 5 week course Happy Healthy Homes will teach you the skills to draw upon to build your resilience as a parent/carer, but most importantly your children’s.Support for women in Cheshire with Sexual Violence and Exploitation challenges
Women and girls who have experienced or are experiencing sexual violence and exploitation need specialist support to overcome the physical, emotional, financial and logistical impacts of abuse and rebuild their lives free from fear and intimidation. Services may include supporting survivors of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, and those involved with or exiting sex work.
Support for women in Cheshire with Substance Misuse challenges
These services support women and girls experiencing addiction or drug, alcohol or substance dependency, undergoing drug and alcohol cessation or intervention treatment, recovering from addiction, have problems with drugs, drink or unsafe substances and those who identify as recovering addicts.
Support for women in Cheshire with Finance, Benefit and Debt challenges
Many women experience stress, anxiety and hardship linked to their finances, benefits and debt. Specialist finance, benefit and debt support services can offer financial advice, debt relief and management plans, guidance on benefit entitlements and allowances, and signposting to professional advice and support schemes aimed at relieving financial hardship.
Money and Me
Money management is a prevalent support area for many women often balancing a multitude of financial pressures. Money and Me is a 3 week budgeting course for any woman wanting to better manage their finances, and specifically those who may be turning to loans, are receiving Universal Credit, & often finding themselves in financial hardship.Support for women in Cheshire with Behavioural Support challenges
Behavioural support services inspire and build confidence, providing women with tools, guidance and encouragement to address challenges linked to social anxiety and relationship building. These services also help women and girls to develop emotional coping strategies and social behaviours in positive and empowering ways.
Better Solutions
Better Solutions is a 3-week group consisting of three sessions that look into offending behaviours and how to change them. We explore support around consequences and how to think before we act, which can result in offending behaviours additionally, problem solving will be looked at in order to change any issues which are influencing them to offend.Support for women in Cheshire with Family, Parenting and Relationships challenges
These specialist services and programmes aim to support women to navigate and manage the challenges and demands associated with their caring and dependent relationships, parenting responsibilities and trusted interpersonal relationships with family members, partners, friends and colleagues.