Welcome

Welcome to Women’s Work (Derbyshire)Ltd

Women’s Work was established in 2003 and registered as an independent charity in February 2006 to provide respite, advice and support to female substance misusers targeting those involved in street sex work.

Women’s Work has been delivering a range of support services to disadvantaged  and socially excluded women for the past 8 years and has strengthened its role as the only local provider of open access holistic support and information for disadvantaged women and their families.  The agency has built a sound reputation as a professional service provider, delivering tailored packages of support to women, with  complex needs.

More recently the organisation has added 2 new services to its portfolio of projects including a Family Support Service( The Link Work Project) embracing the governments ‘Think Family’ agenda and a Criminal Justice Support Service ( The Turn Around Project),  for women offenders and those at risk of offending which aims to break the cycle of offending.

The recent expansion of services has meant that the organisation has diversified providing holistic services to a wider range of   individuals primarily with drug and alcohol issues living in Derbyshire.

In 2008 the organisation was named as the Overall Winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Impact Awards, (see press release for full story) which has brought National recognition to the charity and to the difficult health  issues it aims to address. This award has been a spring board for the continued success and growth of the charity.

Throughout the lifetime of the organisation, we have worked with hundreds of vulnerable and marginalised individuals,  many  visiting our drop-in centre and accessing a range of  services offered by the projects and the delivery staff, such as laundry facilities, showers, food, counselling, pregnancy testing, key-working sessions, advocacy, referral, signposting,  advice and information. With help from Women’s Work and our extensive list of  partner agencies, many of these women have successfully exited street sex work, reduced their drug dependency,  reduced their offending,  acquired new skills, improved their confidence and self esteem and are starting to live fulfilled and healthy lives.

We rely on grants and donations to do our crucial work.  If you would like to make a donation you can support us by texting WWDR30 to 70070 with the amount of your donation. 

Thank You

You can also become a friend of Women’s Work (please see Trustee Information page for details)

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