WOMEN'S CENTRE WAITAKERE

Welcome to the Women's Centre Waitakere

Women's Centre Waitakere, 111 Mcleod Road, Te Atatu South, Auckland- 09 8386381
Email us at: info@womenscentre.org.nz

Empowering women, promoting family wellbeing and community belonging.
Whakamana wahine, hapaitia te oranga o te whanau, me te aronga toi whenuatanga i te hapori.

Office hours are Monday to Friday 9:00am to 2:00pm.

If you are in immediate danger please contact 111.

If you require immediate support please contact:

Suicide crisis helpline 0508828 865 Women's Refuge 0800733 843

Mental health crisis service ( Henderson branch) 09 822 8601

You can donate by clicking on the donate button.

ABOUT US

Women's Centre Waitakere was established in 1983 by a collective of like minded women wanting to bring about a change in our community and offer women and children a place to gather, seek support and advice and advocate on their behalf. We continue to work with women and children from the same site since our inception.The Centre is a safe space for women to access services such as counselling, workshops and courses, food/clothing and information regarding other community services. The Centre is committed to a future based on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

OUR LOCATION

We are located in Te Atatu South in West Auckland. Our services operate from McLeod Road in Te Atatu South. We are on the corner of Te Atatu Road and McLeod road right by the lights. Full details can be found on our Contact Page.

OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICES

COUNSELLING

The Centre offers a safe space for women to seek support relating to matters that concern them or their children. We offer counselling services for women, children and couples at a subsidized rate. For more information please contact is through our Counselling page.

FREE COUNSELLING SESSIONS FOR WEST AUCKLAND MOMS- Terms and Conditions apply.

We have a few spaces left for June 2018 so please call or email us for an assessment to see if you qualify for our 6 Free sessions.

As of March 2018 we will be offering evening sessions starting at $40.00 per hour from 3:00pm to 8:30pm on Thursdays only. We do not have evening sessions available any other days at this point in time.

We have openings for low cost counselling sessions with our counselors available. Please email us on info@womenscentre.org.nz to find out more.

If you require FREE counselling we have an intern counselor available Thursdays 9:00am to 2:00pm who is able to provide FREE counselling to those who require this.

COURSES AND GROUP SESSIONS

We offer courses and workshops for women at the Centre. Our Change, Growth and Transformation course previously known as the journey of the butterfly course is very popular and is FREE. This is aimed at women wanting to recognize and break the cycle of unhealthy relationships. For more details on this course please see our Courses page.
We also offer a FREE 6 week programme aimed at helping women work through anger, frustration and anxiety. This Dealing with Difficult Emotions workshop includes tea/coffee and a workbook to keep.

REFERRALS AND INFORMATION

We have support coordinators on site Monday- Friday 9:00am to 2:00pm who can support you with information regarding other community services. We are not able to make or accompany clients to appointments or drop off to appointments.

We are not a crisis support service and strongly encourage clients to contact one of the above agencies should they require immediate assistance.

FOOD AND CLOTHING

We have fresh vegetables and other food available every Tuesday. This is supported by the generous donations from Fair Food and other local businesses.
Good quality clothing and linen available for purchase at $2.00 per item or a donation.

BUDGETING/MONEY MATES

Care Waitakere offers the Money Mates programmes at the Centre every term. For the next session, and to see other programmes offered keep an eye on our Courses page as we upload these regularly.
Please contact us on 098367610 to find out more or go to our Programme Schedule to find out what's on when.

DONATIONS WELCOME

The Women's Centre relies on the generosity and kindness of our community to continue to provide our services to women and families in our community. We are a non profit, charity organisation that is able to continue the work in our community through grants, contracts and generosity of our community and businesses.

We are always on the look out for-

Helping hands with our garden/lawn maintenance and general cleaning.
Help us orgainse our library and collecting or dropping off clothing.
Good condition clothing, linen, accessories, books for our library.

Unfortunately we cannot not accept furniture, bedding or large electrical items.

If you are in immediate danger please call emergency services on 111

Thank you to our funders and supporters

Links and events

Ministry for Women-

women.govt.nz/about/new-zealand-women/history/suffrage-125/events-celebrations

​​Welcome to the Women's Centre Waitakere

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Welcome to the Women's Centre Waitakere