Author: Well Women

We are now recruiting for the following volunteer position:

Trustee

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen for you to join us at the Well Women Centre, as we move into our new premises on Wood Street. The Trustees will be representing, developing and promoting the interests of the Well Women Centre. We are a welcoming Board who are passionate about the work we do with women from the Wakefield District. 

Established in 1985, the Well Women Centre is a charity providing mental health, emotional and practical support in a safe, women only space. We support all women age 16+ from Wakefield and District. We provide services by women for women from a holistic, non-medical approach to improve women’s mental health and well-being. We offer flexible services centrally and outreach designed to overcome the inequalities and accessibility barriers that women can experience.

Volunteers play an important role within the centre and we have a hard-working Board of Trustees who guide and support the Well Women Centre.

We welcome applications from women of all ages and backgrounds, with the empathy and inspiration to give their time, to join our Board of Trustees, there is no need to have previous trustee experience. We will provide training and development opportunities.

We are looking for women with diverse skills and life experience to join our Board to ensure it works well and fulfils its responsibilities. We are particularly interested in women with experience in corporate/commercial fundraising and finance but there is more than one space available so even if your experience lays elsewhere we would like to meet you. The role is very much strategic, rather than operational.

A commitment to attend up to eight Board meetings a year in person in Wakefield town centre (usually starting at 5.45pm) plus an option to join sub committees with up to seven meetings a year via video platform. There is a minimum requirement of attending six of the Board meetings in any one year. This is an unpaid role but authorised expenses are paid.

For more information or to arrange an informal discussion with the Chair or CEO, please email: governance@wellwomenwakefield.org.uk

Trustee application_Full pack

Closing date is Monday 18^th November 2024 by 1pm, with interviews on the afternoon of Thursday 20^th November 2024

Please note that it is a genuine occupational qualification that a female takes on this role, and the post is exempt under section 7 (2) (e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 

From Friday 19th July our telephone registration will be open on the below days & times every week (subject to review). We will close phone lines on each day when we have filled the available telephone assessment appointments. More appointments will become available at each phone referral date. We book assessments a week in advance.

• Mondays 5pm – 7.30pm
• Fridays 10am – 12.30pm

Help available from our partners Turning Point Talking Therapies: 

If you are wanting support for your emotional or mental health, our partners Turning Point Talking Therapies can offer you an assessment to help explore options the best way forward for you. Support can be offered online, over the phone, video or face to face and you can request the gender of your therapist if this helps you feel more comfortable. Support ranges from access to online CBT and self help programmes, wellbeing groups courses and workshops or one to one therapy and counselling.

For further information and to refer online please click here

If they feel the Well Women Centre is best to support you at this time, they can support this transition following assessment.

From week commencing 20th May 2024, our phone lines will be open at the times listed below. Outside of these times you can leave a message via answerphone or contact us via email info@wellwomenwakefield.org.uk and a member of staff will get back to you. Emails and answerphone messages are monitored throughout opening hours.

General enquiries:

• Mondays: 8:30am – 4:00pm
• Tuesdays: 8:30am – 4:00pm
• Wednesday: 8:30am – 4:00pm
• Thursdays: 8:30am – 4:00pm
• Fridays: 8:30am – 3:00pm

Registration sessions: Please click here for up-to-date information on our upcoming Telephone Registration days & times.

If you are wanting support for your emotional or mental health, our partners Turning Point Talking Therapies can offer you an assessment to help explore options for the best way forward for you. Support can be offered online, over the phone, video or face to face and you can request the gender of your therapist if this helps you feel more comfortable. Support ranges from access to online CBT and self help programmes, wellbeing groups courses and workshops or one to one therapy and counselling.

You can refer online here

If they feel the Well Women Centre if best to support you at this time, they can support this transition following assessment.

Today is a very humbling day for me, it’s the nine year anniversary of my first day at Well Women Centre and my first day as CEO. I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed in the ethos of the charity. I saw then how clearly we empower women and ultimately make the world a better place. I knew there was no better charity to join if I wanted to make a difference. This is the very same inspiration that continues to drive me today.

It is an incredible honour for me to lead this great charity. I’ve been fortunate to work closely with Lisa Kaye in my different roles at WWC, and as I step in as Acting CEO she has given me the best possible start, both professionally and personally.

The charity and myself are fortunate to have Lisa staying on in her new role as Head of Business Development focused on funding and strategic partnerships. I’m also looking forward to continue to work closely with Kim Meadmore our Chair of Trustees as we implement the charity’s new strategic plan for the next 5 years. This plan will mobilise and facilitate the work we need to do to ensure we continue to provide a service that fulfils the needs of the women of the Wakefield District, empowering them to make the changes they wish to make in their own and their family’s lives.

The charity has seen great success and change over the last thirty eight years, it has been built on the commitment, talent, ambition and perseverance of great women. I want to acknowledge and say thanks to every staff member and volunteer, both past and present for their hard work and dedication to improving women’s lives, and as the new Acting CEO, I can’t ask for a better foundation.

Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it’s not just work, but something that will improve other people’s lives. This is the opportunity that drives each of us at this wonderful and much needed charity.

To find out more about our charity’s vision please read our Strategic Plan

We now have a new Strategic Plan for the next 5 years at the Centre. This plan will mobilise and facilitate the work we need to do to ensure we continue to provide a service that fulfils the needs of the women of the Wakefield District, empowering them to make the changes they wish to make in their own and their family’s lives.

Please click here to view the full plan.

Please click here to visit the Wakefield Council website and view information on Warm Spaces available throughout the district.

“Warm Spaces are places in your local community where people can gather for free in a warm, safe, welcoming place and enjoy a hot drink or food and some company.

We now have placements available for Volunteer Complementary Therapists

Please note that it is a genuine occupational qualification that a female takes on this role, and the post is exempt under section 7 (2) (e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.

We are currently seeking both qualified and student therapists to join our Complementary Therapies team. We are particularly interested in massage therapists (aromatherapy, Indian head, Swedish, and sports etc.), but are open to discussing other types of therapy.

We can provide you with:

– Equipment and supplies: therapy couches/chair, couch roll, towels, oils etc.

– Travel expenses (capped per session)

– Potential for CPD training

What we ask of you:

– Have, or be working towards recognised qualifications (level 3 or above)

– Current governing body membership and insurance to practise

– Offer treatments to clients on our no-cost waiting list

– To be available during the following days/times (specific days/times to be discussed, dependent on room availability):

• Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 10am—1pm / 2pm—4pm

Well Women Centre is a local charity with over 35 years of experience, offering quality holistic mental health and wellbeing services to women in the Wakefield District.

For more information or to apply, please contact us on telephone: 01924 211114 or email: governance@wellwomenwakefield.co.uk