Women’s Group

The C4WS Women’s Group is a peer-led space for women in the C4WS network. We meet fortnightly and connect over a variety of activities, including painting, crochet, card-making as well as a trip to a nearby spa and an earring-making workshop delivered by We Make Pivot. Wherever possible, the Women’s Group is peer-led meaning members of the group decide themselves on the group activities.  

At each session, there is also an opportunity for members to stock up on toiletries, period products and clothing. Every member is also entitled to get their travel reimbursed in efforts to make the Women’s Group inclusive financially for anyone who wants to be there.  

The Women’s Group was set up in September 2021 and is open to anybody who identifies as a woman in the C4WS network. has had women from 10 different nationalities attending. So far, it has reached 16 women from 10 different nationalities, with the ages of group members spanning 19 to women in their 60s. Women are invited to join when they first stay at our shelter and are welcome to continue attending for as long as they’d like to beyond their shelter stay.  

Testimonies

“For me, it's something that I always look forward to. I can't wait for that day for me to go. I meet different women from different cultures and different backgrounds. We just all flow together. We get the opportunity to do different things that we normally wouldn't do if were on our own. It's a community, a kind of spirit within us. We learn different things...in my head, I've always wanted to do knitting but I never find the time for it. But when I see other people doing it in the Women's Group, it encourages me to do it. Everyone is taken care of and supports each other, it’s an opportunity to give back to the community that has given to you”. 

We are grateful to have received funding from Camden Giving, Church Homeless Trust, Ford Britain Trust and Assura. We are also grateful for donations of sanitary products, toiletries and women’s clothes from individuals, as well as Wellbeing Packs donated by Lush.