WOMEN'S HEALTH INFORMATION SUPPORT CENTRE LTD 

This project will deliver 5 hours per week of dance, yoga and chair-based exercise for vulnerable women in Merseyside. There will be 1.5 hours of yoga/exercise and 3.5 hours of dance, for a period of ....more

This project will deliver 5 hours per week of dance, yoga and chair-based exercise for vulnerable women in Merseyside. There will be 1.5 hours of yoga/exercise and 3.5 hours of dance, for a period of 50 weeks. The sessions will be particularly targeted at areas of high deprivation across Liverpool.

The funding will be used to recruit a wellbeing worker for the drop-in service who will coordinate the referral and signposting offer and provide one to one support to marginalised women. The project ....more

The funding will be used to recruit a wellbeing worker for the drop-in service who will coordinate the referral and signposting offer and provide one to one support to marginalised women. The project aims to provide immediate support and improve access to health and wellbeing services.

Towards the Project Worker's salary

The project will enable to organisation to increase its mental health services offering support to those who have been adversely affected by the various lockdowns. The project will increase the ....more

The project will enable to organisation to increase its mental health services offering support to those who have been adversely affected by the various lockdowns. The project will increase the number of staff offering support and enable them to offer early intervention support reducing the need for long term mental health interventions.

We will set up WHISC’s drop-in centre as a mental health crisis intervention hub for vulnerable women across Merseyside.

Grant to Women's Health Information & Support Centre to support the organisation through COVID19

Women working with women

Strength and Support

Towards staff costs.

Women more likely to have a positive attitude towards family, study, work and volunteering, thus building the capacity of deprived communities. Women will be less likely to make contact with ....more

Women more likely to have a positive attitude towards family, study, work and volunteering, thus building the capacity of deprived communities. Women will be less likely to make contact with emergency mental health services thus reducing demand on an overstretched NHS Our aim is continue the success of our current service and improve the skills and confidence of 1000 women from across Merseyside. This project feedback will be added to our current consultation forms.

Women more likely to have a positive attitude towards family, study, work and volunteering, thus building the capacity of deprived communities. Women will be less likely to make contact with ....more

Women more likely to have a positive attitude towards family, study, work and volunteering, thus building the capacity of deprived communities. Women will be less likely to make contact with emergency mental health services thus reducing demand on an overstretched NHS Our aim is continue the success of our current service and improve the skills and confidence of 1000 women from across Merseyside. This project feedback will be added to our current consultation forms.

The aim of the project is to reduce isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing for women on lower incomes, mainly refugee and asylum seeking that have been affected by the changeover to ....more

The aim of the project is to reduce isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing for women on lower incomes, mainly refugee and asylum seeking that have been affected by the changeover to Universal Credit. Funding will be used to run one weekday session where women will be offered a hot drink and cake, access to the listening ear service and a free head and neck massage.

WHISC seeking to make mental health support more accessible to vulnerable through increasing unrestricted resources and donor base and through training the team and volunteers in solution focused ....more

WHISC seeking to make mental health support more accessible to vulnerable through increasing unrestricted resources and donor base and through training the team and volunteers in solution focused work.

Towards the salary of the Drop-In coordinator.

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Friends and Fitness for Women Only. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on ....more

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Friends and Fitness for Women Only. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.

Towards a Saturday club to support refugee and asylum-seeking women

Helping Women Through Hard Times

The funding will be used to run wellbeing sessions for women in the community, to include strategies to combat stress, yoga and eating healthy on a budget. The project aims to provide people with the ....more

The funding will be used to run wellbeing sessions for women in the community, to include strategies to combat stress, yoga and eating healthy on a budget. The project aims to provide people with the skills and knowledge to address the day to day issues they face whilst reducing depression and low self-esteem.

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical ....more

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical health. They support thousands of women each year, offering advice and information along with different services which support women's health and wellbeing in some of the poorest communities in the country. Their drop-in provides information on health conditions and they provide free counselling services, exercise and drama therapy classes. The grant will pay for a new part-time fundraising officer, support from a business consultant to set up new systems and also make a contribution towards the organisation’s overheads.

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical ....more

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical health. They support thousands of women each year, offering advice and information along with different services which support women's health and wellbeing in some of the poorest communities in the country. Their drop-in provides information on health conditions and they provide free counselling services, exercise and drama therapy classes. The grant will pay for a new part-time fundraising officer, support from a business consultant to set up new systems and also make a contribution towards the organisation's overheads.

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical ....more

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical health. They support thousands of women each year, offering advice and information along with different services which support women's health and wellbeing in some of the poorest communities in the country. Their drop-in provides information on health conditions and they provide free counselling services, exercise and drama therapy classes. The grant will pay for a new part-time fundraising officer, support from a business consultant to set up new systems and also make a contribution towards the organisation's overheads.

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical ....more

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical health. They support thousands of women each year, offering advice and information along with different services which support women's health and wellbeing in some of the poorest communities in the country. Their drop-in provides information on health conditions and they provide free counselling services, exercise and drama therapy classes. The grant will pay for a new part-time fundraising officer, support from a business consultant to set up new systems and also make a contribution towards the organisation's overheads.

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical ....more

The Women's Health Information and Support Centre works intensively with disadvantaged and vulnerable women In Liverpool to enable them to overcome numerous barriers to good mental and physical health. They support thousands of women each year, offering advice and information along with different services which support women's health and wellbeing in some of the poorest communities in the country. Their drop-in provides information on health conditions and they provide free counselling services, exercise and drama therapy classes. The grant will pay for a new part-time fundraising officer, support from a business consultant to set up new systems and also make a contribution towards the organisation's overheads.

Towards a Saturday club to support refugee and asylum-seeking women

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This is the expansion of an existing project that aims to improve the lives of women through personal development, training opportunities, crisis counselling, alternative therapies and helping them ....more

This is the expansion of an existing project that aims to improve the lives of women through personal development, training opportunities, crisis counselling, alternative therapies and helping them to make healthier lifestyle choices for them and their families. The grant will expand on the services available as well as offering additional services such as an OCN accredited Women's Health training programme and crisis counselling to those most vulnerable.