Specialist support for women in
Welcome to this directory of women’s centres and specialist women’s services based and operating in Suffolk.
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 inSuffolk
This is a list of women’s centres in Suffolk 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, Peer to Peer, Perinatal, Physical Health & Wellbeing and Sexual Violence and Exploitation
Click on the Centre name to find out more about the featured organisation and the specialist women’s services they provide.
PHOEBE Centre
PHOEBE Centre is an Ipswich-based women’s centre that offers specialist advice, information, casework, advocacy and support and counselling services to Black and ethnic minority women and children.Support for women in Suffolk 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.
VAWG and Gender Based Violence Support
Phoebe steps in to offer psycho-social and legal support to empower and assist BME women and migrant backgrounds to make informed decisions and take concrete steps against the domestic violence through: Weekly group support networks Vocational skills training for Black, minoritised, and migSupport for women in Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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.
You Can’t Break Me Project
You Can’t Break Me project is aimed at addressing the disadvantages and inequalities black and minoritised women face when they are in prison and on probation.Support for women in Suffolk with Physical Health & Wellbeing challenges
Managing physical health and wellbeing is essential for women to be able to heal, grow and prosper. These women’s centres and specialist services aim to support women and girls to develop and keep healthy habits, improve their fitness, do exercise, practice mindfulness and self-care, eat and sleep well, participate in rewarding hobbies and activities, and value themselves fully.
Support for women in Suffolk 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.
Suffolk Black Mothers and Babies Project
The Suffolk Black Mothers and Babies Project is aimed at reducing inequalities and racial disparities in maternal and child health care among black women so as to decrease maternal complications, maternal mortality and neonatal deaths.Support for women in Suffolk with Peer to Peer challenges
Peer to peer and mentoring services can help to empower women, connect those with similar lived and learned experiences of the criminal justice system, and provide opportunities for women to find volunteer and paid work.
Support for women in Suffolk with Perinatal challenges
For pregnant women and girls, new mothers and those with babies and toddlers under 2, accessing antenatal, postnatal and perinatal support and services is vital during their journey into motherhood. Specialist services for women separated from their children, in contact with the children’s social care system, and for pregnant women in prison, on mother & baby units and at risk of removal, specialist services are also available.