The Women & Families Resource Centre

Who we are

The Women & Families Resource Centre (WFRC) is registered charity which engages with vulnerable or “hard to reach” women, children & families, advocating, supporting and empowering them to overcome barriers and vulnerabilities, to improve their quality of lives whilst striving to achieve their full potential. We aim to actively encourage women & families to be self- reliant, through empowering them to identify their own needs, make their own choices and create their own solutions.

We achieve our aims and objectives by adopting a holistic (One Stop Shop) approach through the provision of multiple projects including:

• A baby Bank
• Befriending & Counselling services
• Domestic violence support,
• Training, education& Volunteering Opportunities
• Community Events
• Youth services and other user-led community services.

Our services are free to any woman or child, regardless of race, culture or religion who is facing similar barriers or problemsWe help reduce isolation, relieve distress and poverty, promote the confidence, skills of women and help facilitate social integration particularly asylum/refugee seekers and newly arrived communities. Since the start of our work, more than ten years ago, WFRC has filled a huge gap in the services available and has made a big difference on the lives of thousands of women and families.

We are a place dedicated to serving the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable women by providing free services within a culturally sensitive, non-judgmental and confidential framework. Our strengths-based approach empowers women & families to build resilience by looking within to discover their own strengths, identify their own needs & utilize the resources available to make their own choices & create their own solutions.

Our culture and values

Kindness & Compassion 

We are a source of love and strength to any woman or family regardless of race, culture and religion, who are facing difficulties, crisis or challenges.  

Solutions Focus  

We help women discover their inner strengths and  confidence, whilst empowering them to  identify their own needs, create their own  solutions and make their own choices that have lasting  improvements to the quality of their life.  

Bravery & Leadership 

We inspire, encourage and motivate women to find their inner  courage to overcome barriers and reach their potential 

Quality & Excellence

We understand the needs of our service users by adopting a holistic (one stop shop) approach for the delivery of the range of services that we provide. We are passionate about families therefore, endeavor to source and provide only the best possible solutions for them.

Collaboration

Our team all share the same values, work ethic, and commitment to our clients. They are supportive of each other and work collaboratively with external agencies and organisations to achieve a shared goal of transforming lives.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

The Women & Families Resource Centre recognizes that the activity of volunteering can provide a volunteer with experiences and opportunities for self and career development. In accordance with The Women & Families Resource Centre’s equal opportunity policy, volunteer placements at our organisation is open to individuals irrespective of race, gender, disability, sexuality, age or marital status.

In addition, the specification must set out the equal opportunity dimension and any specific equality requirements of the role. In instances where a prospective volunteer demonstrates hostility to, or a clear lack of support for the WFRC equal opportunity policy, s/he will be deemed automatically to be unsuitable for a volunteer position at The Women & Families Resource Centre.