Welcome

Welcome to Women’s Work, Derby

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 targetting those involved in street sex work.

Women’s Work has been delivering a range of support services to vulnerable women for the past 7 years and has strengthened its role as the only local provider of open access personal support and information for vulnerable women and their families.  The agency has built a sound reputation as a professional service provider delivering tailored packages of support to individuals with  complex support needs.

More recently the organisation has added 2 new services to its portfolio of projects including a Family Support Service embracing the governments ‘Think Family’ agenda and a Criminal Justice Support Service 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 targeted at  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 which has brought national recognition to the Charity and to the difficult issues it aims to address. This award has been a spring board for the continued success and growth of the organisation.

Throughout the lifetime of the organisation, over 500 vulnerable and marginalised individuals, have been supported by the project staff.  Many  visiting our drop-in centre and accessed various services offered by the project such as hot showers, food, counselling, key-working sessions, advocacy, referral and signposting advice and information. With help from Women’s Work and other partner agencies, many of these women have successfully exited street sex work, reduced their drug dependency and are starting to live fulfilled and healthy lives.

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Charity No: 1113470