Shpresa believes fervently in providing women with high quality support to enable them to build a new life in which they feel safe and able to contribute to their families and communities as full and active citizens. Taking support to women in their communities and working with specialist mental health providers we enable women to find their feet in a new society and gain employment, meaningful volunteering opportunities and an understanding of how to support their children’s schooling.

Tackling domestic violence and the long-term impact of exile has been challenging but Shpresa has developed a partnership with the Women’s Therapy Centre enabling women to find a safe space to explore how they feel and what they want for themselves and their children.

Shpresa has seen women grow and develop taking up employment and becoming community leaders as well as confident and skilled parents. We are also delighted that mainstream providers want to learn from us and develop culturally sensitive services for women from the Albanian speaking community.