Women's Space

Our Women’s Space offers a ‘safe space’ where Spires' female staff and volunteers can offer a consistent and long-term approach to each woman who comes to the Spires centre for help. The space is open from 11am to 2pm on Mondays and Fridays.

Open to both street-based sex workers and other vulnerable and socially isolated women, we will complete a holistic assessment of need and a care plan for each client.

This individual care plan will outline each client's own goals for their health, safety and wellbeing. This could be any of the following: options for change; securing stable accommodation, reducing drug/alcohol intake; adopting safe sex practices; and exiting sex work.

Services on offer

Our Women’s Space offers each client access to:

• a female key worker
• hot showers, food and clothing
• accommodation advice and referrals
• tenancy support
• drug and alcohol support work
• welfare benefits advice
• access to mental health outreach worker (START team)
• access to a Safer Streets team outreach worker
• advocacy work
• on-site sexual and reproductive health sessions
• referral to GUM clinics
• on-site women-only IT and personal health and development classes
• access to the Ugly Mug Scheme – where women can report any violent crime
• access to Croydon Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre