Counselling and Mental Health Support Services

Our Vision 

 "Where women and teenage girls feel secure, confident and positive, where they can transform their lives and celebrate their true worth" 

 Our Mission 

 " To support and empower women and teenage girls to improve their mental health and wellbeing"

Our Values 

Female focused: a gendered response to mental health issues as they effect women and teenage girls. 

Empathy: Demonstrating compassion and understanding toward women's mental health challenges 

Mental Resilience: Encouraging the development of mental resilience to help women better cope with life's challenges. 

Autonomy: Respecting women's autonomy in making decisions about their own mental health and well-being. 

Listening: Demonstrating active and compassionate listening to women's experiences and concerns, making them feel heard and valued. 

Empowerment: Fostering a sense of empowerment, enabling women to take control of their mental well-being. 

Safety: Creating a safe space where women can openly discuss their mental health.

Our History

SWAN WOMEN'S CENTRE has been delivering services in this community for over 30 years ago. In the beginning SWAN was set up by local women to provide health information and advice, as it effected women specifically.  We have expanded the services that we provide as the need for trauma informed and gender specific mental health services has grown.

We work with women and girls aged 13+, who experience anxiety depression,  isolation or loneliness.   We do this  by providing services such as Free Counselling ,  Befriending, Advocacy, Support and Information. We also provide Work shops to help build confidence and resilience, Counsellor led Support groups and Peer Support groups, Legal Advice, Food vouchers,  Mindfulness, Yoga, Holistic Therapies and a wide range of other activities that aim to empower and help women and girls to improve their mental health and wellbeing. 

We have a team of 10 employees and over 80 volunteers. Our Volunteers are at the heart of everything that we do and without whom we could not provide the breadth of services that we do.