The centre, in Portsmouth, offers specialist support to women who are in contact with the criminal justice system, and who may also be experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse.
The 3rd birthday celebrations were attended by staff, women who use the centre, and representatives from partner services including Probation and Portsmouth City Council.
Charlotte Ferguson, Service Manager for Advance Hampshire Women’s Centre, said:
We’ve also received a donation of laptops which will be so useful in helping our women access technology and allow us to run employment and education sessions.”
Helen Morris, Senior Probation Officer, South Central Women’s Strategic Lead, said:
Katie Wood, Commissioning Contracts Officer with Public Health Portsmouth, was among the guests and talked about the vital collaboration between Advance, Portsmouth City Council, the Society of St James, and other partners.
The service will give women an opportunity to get help and support with alcohol or substances, access to a family or recovery worker, and a weekly domestic abuse support group.
Future plans include a monthly women’s health, nurse-led clinic, offering family planning, Long-Acting contraception, breast awareness, pregnancy testing and HRT information and support. The aim of the health clinic is to reach women that might not access routine health services,”
Here’s to many more birthdays for this essential resource for Hampshire women.
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For more information, please contact Tracie Couper, Press Officer at Advance, at tracie.c@advancecharity.org.uk or on 0743 2700 287.
Notes to the editor
About Advance
- Advance’s vision is a world in which women and children lead safe, equal, violence-free lives so that they can flourish and actively contribute to society. The charity works with women who experience domestic abuse to be safe and take control of their lives, and women who have committed crime or are at risk of offending to break the cycle.
- As well as providing direct support, Advance works with statutory services, government agencies and other women’s charities to ensure a holistic approach to the issues these women face.
- Women must be referred to Advance, via statutory services or the charity’s self-referral scheme. For more information about who Advance is able to support, please visit Get help
- For facts and statistics about domestic abuse and women in the criminal justice system, as well as Advance’s work, please visit Our impact