WOMEN’S CENTRE DERRY

WE PROMOTE WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC LIFE.

PURPOSE

We do this by developing and providing opportunities for women’s aspirations. Our projects are organized to provide access and enablement, taking into account women’s lives and choices, including timing, class size, and using a holistic support model. We address specific barriers that women face. We provide access to high-quality on-site childcare focused on the needs of the child.

We also provide information, guidance, and signposting services. We support the development of women’s groups and support organizations delivering programs with a focus on enabling women who live in disadvantaged communities and face multiple barriers to participation. We strive for financial sustainability through our social economy program. Additionally, we provide a voice for women from disadvantaged communities by engaging in regional forums and partnerships, locally, regionally, and globally.

VISION

We are a safe and welcoming space for women and women’s organisations in the North West, to enable learning, to fulfil community potential, to make connections and to expand our horizons. We have a feminist model of delivery and a dynamic organisation, challenging inequality, increasing awareness, supporting women’s life choices, providing a wide range of programmes and quality on-site childcare. Women’s Centre Derry is recognised and connects locally, regionally and globally, giving women a voice and a choice.