Women's Community Project

wow Depaul UK and women@thewell have been funded by the Ministry of Justice to run services aimed at diverting women from custody. Working in partnership, the two organisations provide centre-based services and community support to help prevent offending behaviour and enable vulnerable young women to get their lives back on track. Many of the women we work with have histories of rough sleeping, chaotic drug and alcohol use, prostitution and low-level acquisitive crime. We respond with a whole range of services designed to put a jigsaw of support together to help the women break out of the cycles of abuse and exclusion they are caught up in, and to equip them with the skills and resources they need to rejoin society.

Aims and Objectives:

To contribute towards a reduction of the number of women in prison who do not need to be there as they are not serious or violent offenders who pose a risk to the public.
To provide services in the community for women at risk of offending and women offenders.
To assess needs and provide an integrated package of support across a range of areas including: housing advice and advocacy, mental health, training and employment, finance, physical health and drug and alcohol use.

Services are provided by women for women in a women only environment.

Client group / age:

Women, particularly young women aged 18-30, from across London.

Services are designed for women at risk of offending and women offenders, including women at risk of receiving a custodial sentence, women on bail, women on community orders and women released following custodial sentences.

We offer access to appropriate specialist services, including: