WATERSIDE WOMEN'S CENTRE 

towards IT equipment, training courses and overheads

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

Skills for Employment

The project will target women and girls from disadvantaged areas whose experience of rejection and failure in mainstream education has left them with low confidence and low self esteem and few or no ....more

The project will target women and girls from disadvantaged areas whose experience of rejection and failure in mainstream education has left them with low confidence and low self esteem and few or no qualifications. With a variety of support mechanisms in place we will be able to reach out to these women and girls for whom barriers to participation have remained an inhibiting factor to their accessing education and training courses. We will remove structural barriers to participation by offering classes at times that suit those with family and caring commitments, within pram pushing distance with on site free childcare facility. Childcare has been cited as the most significant barrier to social inclusion and by providing this facility we will be able to give young children from communities affected by child poverty who do not have access to early years learning through play, the opportunity to develop social skills which will give them an equal start in education and help them reach their full potential. The project will build the self esteem, confidence and skills base of women and girls by engaging them in opportunities for learning in a safe and supportive environment . It will also provide an opportunity for women from the area to make and develop new friendships with women in the same position as them. Through their participation in these accredited courses women will have attained qualifications that will enhance their potential for securing employment . Through their success both academic and personal they will feel empowered and opportunities for further learning and/or employment will be enhanced.

Towards contribution to salary

This project will offer a programme of fun, relaxing and creative activities for mothers and children impacted by multiple disadvantage, encouraging improved family relationships, new friendships and ....more

This project will offer a programme of fun, relaxing and creative activities for mothers and children impacted by multiple disadvantage, encouraging improved family relationships, new friendships and community inclusion.