Welcome to Windsor Women's Centre online

21 Jan, 2007

Since its establishment in 1990, Windsor Women’s Centre has been committed to providing vital services for the diverse needs of women within the local community. Situated in the ‘Village’ area of South Belfast, the centre currently has 23 staff working with a management committee of 18 people, 15 of whom are women from the community itself.

Within an area of major social and economic deprivation, the needs of the local community include provisions for education, training, childcare, advice and information capacity building, developing confidence and addressing issues of health and the environment.

As the only Women’s Centre in South Belfast, the organisation works closely with the Women’s Support Network and has been involved with many other women’s groups across Northern Ireland in bringing the sector together in agreement towards a comprehensible structure of Greater Belfast, Rural and Northeast.

Together with the voluntary and community sectors, the centre also endeavours to bring services to the area that are capable of supporting the women in the community towards building a better life for themselves and their families. Through these various programmes and services, the centre contributes significantly to community cohesion and social inclusion, in empowering women to become proactive and vocal members of the community.

Through its educational and training programmes, the centre offers women opportunities to gain vital skills and qualifications in increasing the prospects available for meaningful employment in posing a challenge to decades of poverty.

The building itself seems to symbolise the centre’s positive impact within its community, having been designed by the local participants and founders of the centre, who also carried out much of the building work. In an area where issues of deprivation and poor housing conditions are crucial concerns, the creation of a colourful, welcoming and lively environment adds a constructive and vital energy to its surroundings.

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