Charity (no. 211351)
Housing for Women
"empower women and challenge equality, supporting women through affordable housing"
Who We Help, Why We Help & the Difference It Makes
We are a housing provider and charity with a mission to empower women and challenge inequality. We support women through affordable housing, help women and children escaping domestic abuse, survivors of trafficking, women leaving prison and older women.
Housing for Women champions female empowerment by providing and promoting affordable homes for women and gender-specific support services.
Since 1934, we have been working to build a more equal society for women, a world where everyone has a safe roof over their head regardless of circumstance, where violence against women is no longer tolerated. Our organisation’s roots go back to the suffragette movement. Housing for Women carries on in the footsteps of these early women’s rights campaigners, working with some of the most marginalised groups in the UK, such as trafficked women, women leaving prison and older women at risk of loneliness and isolation. Empowering women and challenging inequality are at the core of everything we do.
For over 40 years Housing for Women has been supporting women and children in London escaping domestic violence and abuse, empowering women to overcome trauma, rebuild their lives free from fear, and regain their independence.
Our Services Are
FreeWhat We Do
Empowering women and challenging inequality, is at the core of everything we do. We provide quality, affordable homes and a range of support services for women and their families in London. Below is a summary of all our services.
Housing for Women believes everyone has a right to safe, affordable housing regardless of circumstance. We own and manage over 920 homes across London. The majority of these are general needs housing, providing social rent homes to women and their families across the capital.
We run a range of specialist services to help women and children escaping abuse access safety and rebuild their lives, including refuges, a free helpline and support in the community.
Our RePlace project supports survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery. We offer support in the community to women who have been trafficked into the UK for exploitation.
Volunteer
Volunteering at Housing for Women
The Difference that Volunteers Make
We would not be able to continue to deliver our life-changing services to women and children without the support and dedication of volunteers.
Our amazing, dedicated volunteers give us their time, passion and energy, helping us to continue supporting vulnerable women. They make an enormous contribution to our services by building bridges with our customers and clients or supporting core operations at our Head Office. In return we offer volunteers meaningful roles, with regular supervision and training opportunities, that have a real impact on women's lives.
Why volunteer with Housing for Women?
- gain new skills and confidence
- enhance your CV and employability
- benefit our organisation with your professional skillset
- meet new people
- get training and support
- enable your return to a working environment
- make a real and meaningful difference!
Volunteers support us in the following areas:
Office Based Volunteers - Supporting our teams in Finance, Fundraising, Governance, Neighbourhood Services, Customer Services and Communications
Refuge Based Volunteers (female only) - Working alongside staff in the refuges providing practical support to women and children fleeing domestic abuse
Student Placements - We work in partnership with a range of colleges and Universities to offer formal placements to students. Contact us if you would like do your placement with us, and we will check with your place of study how we can work together. Roles with direct contact with service users will be offered to female candidates only
Internships and Special Projects - From time to time we recruit volunteers to support us by contributing to specific short-term projects in different parts of the organisation
Corporate Volunteers - We work with our generous corporate partners whose volunteers support us through such volunteering projects as fundraising, donating and distributing festive hampers, gardening and decorating in our refuges. If you would like to contact us about corporate volunteering please fill in our form here
During the last 12 months, we have recruited 34 new volunteers who have contributed 4,367 hours of hard work, effort, support and dedication
What our volunteers say
"Working at (Housing for Women Project) Reunite has been really rewarding. With supervision, I have learnt a lot working with people with complex issues as well as developed my interpersonal and active listening skills. My experience of conducting assessments and support plans for service users has been valuable in guiding my future practice. I am thankful for all the experiences I have had so far." - Hermela, Social Work Student
"I am really pleased I found an organisation like Housing for Women who are making a lot of difference in women’s lives. Housing for Women gave me, a return to work mum, the opportunity to develop, gain confidence in my abilities, and take the next steps into employment." - Dionne, Office Volunteer
"Volunteering at H4W has allowed me to see how the charity works and learn more about its meaningful cause, this has made me appreciate the vital work they carry out. It has inspired me to continue working for a charity, further fuelling my ambitions of working in the charity sector after university." - Hannah, Fundraising Volunteer
Current vacancies
Please go to the Vacancies page for more information about current and future opportunities.
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