NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE

What NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE does

Nottingham Women's Centre is a registered charity (Charity Registration 1105837; Company Limited by Guarantee 5113835) and women-only community organisation headquartered at 30 Chaucer Street, Nottingham city centre, serving self-identifying women across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Its core service portfolio comprises trauma-informed affordable counselling, structured casework support (New Changes), advice and guidance, women's justice services, free legal-advice drop-ins delivered in partnership with Family Law Group, ESOL and conversational English classes delivered with Refugee Roots and STAR UoN, and a broad programme of free courses, creative activities, health and fitness groups, and social gatherings (counselling, choir, art studio, decoupage, ESOL, fitness, crafty club, coffee & chat). Specialist additions include a Ukrainian Therapy Service for conflict-affected women and Notts Recovery Network clinic sessions for substance-use support. The organisation also runs an active campaigns programme on misogyny hate crime, menopause in the workplace, endometriosis, and school attendance policies.

Revenue is generated through a non-commercial mix of individual donations (tiered at £5/£10/£20/£30 monthly or one-off), grant funding from charitable bodies including the National Lottery Community Fund, and women-only rooms for hire in Nottingham city centre for events, meetings, and long-term office rental. All direct services to women are free or affordable-means-based; the Centre is run by women for women, supported by 98 active volunteers, and recorded 11,202 visits, 622 casework engagements, and 291 counselling engagements between April 2024 and March 2025, with 89% of domestic-abuse therapy recipients reporting improved mental health and wellbeing. The go-to-market model is community-led, relying on the website events calendar, an email newsletter, and broad social media presence for outreach and intake, with delivery primarily in-person at the Nottingham site supplemented by limited hybrid sessions (Zoom).

Name

NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE

Legal name

Nottingham Women's Centre

Website

https://nottinghamwomenscentre.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nottingham Women's Centre is a registered charity running a women-only community centre in Nottingham that provides free trauma-informed counselling, casework support, legal-advice drop-ins, ESOL classes, creative courses, and advocacy campaigns for self-identifying women across Nottinghamshire, funded by grants, donations, and room hire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Community Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

Keywords

• Women's support services
• Community centre services
• Counselling services
• Women's advocacy
• Charity services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Individual donations at various levels (£5, £10, £20, £30 one-time or monthly) supporting Centre operations and service delivery
2. Rooms for Hire: Women-only rooms available for hire for events and meetings, plus long-term office rental in Nottingham city centre
3. Grants and Funding: Funding from charitable organisations including National Lottery Community Fund and other grant-making bodies

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nottingham Women's Centre is a registered charity and Company Limited by Guarantee that provides community-based support services for self-identifying women in Nottinghamshire. Its core offerings include free counselling, casework support, free legal advice drop-ins, courses such as ESOL, creative activities and groups, and rooms for hire for community use. All services are designed to be free or affordable, with a donation-based model to sustain operations.

Product overview

Nottingham Women's Centre is a community organisation providing support services, educational programs, and creative activities for self-identifying women in Nottinghamshire. The centre operates as a single unified service offering multiple interconnected programs including affordable counselling and casework support services, free legal advice drop-ins, women's justice services, and a diverse range of free courses and activities. The activity programs include creative workshops (quilting, art studio, watercolour, decoupage, poetry), fitness and wellbeing groups (nature walks, healthy spine), educational classes (ESOL, conversational English), personal development courses (Find Yourself Again, Empowerment Through Zines), and social groups (crafty club, coffee & chat, choir). All services are free or low-cost, designed to support women's health, rights, safety, and personal development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Counselling Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 89% of women receiving domestic abuse therapy reported improved mental health and well-being
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• STAR UoN (Student Action for Refugees, University of Nottingham)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity student volunteers run conversational English classes for women with English as a second language at the Centre. Students provide teaching support in a fun, relaxed environment.
• Family Law GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQualified solicitors providing FREE legal advice drop-in sessions at Nottingham Women's Centre every Friday. Offers guidance on family matters including children, disputes, protective injunctions and Legal Aid.
• Refugee RootscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeads the Women's ESOL Group course at NWC - a friendly English class for asylum seeker and refugee women offering supportive space to build confidence.
• National Women's Justice CoalitionflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerProud partner of the National Women's Justice Coalition. Collaborative partnership for women's justice services and advocacy.
• Women's Services MapminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner organisation featured on Women's Services Map platform helping connect women with services.
• Consent CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Nottingham Consent Coalition network working on consent education and sexual violence prevention.
• Nottingham CitizenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Nottingham Citizens community organisation network for local advocacy and change.
• Nottingham VAWG NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Nottingham Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) network for coordinated response and campaigning.
• Nottingham Domestic Violence Sexual Violence Campaigns GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of campaigns group addressing domestic and sexual violence in Nottingham.
• Nottingham Sexual Violence Action Network (SVAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of SVAN coordinating sexual violence support services and advocacy in Nottingham.
• Reclaim the Night NottinghamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Reclaim the Night Nottingham organising group for women's safety marches and events.
• International Women's Day NottinghamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the International Women's Day Nottingham organising group.
• Nottingham TogetherminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Nottingham Together community network.
• Skilled Hands OrganisationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation supporting women through skilled hands programmes.
• Maths BlastminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBarbara Pellegrino from Maths Blast delivers Mum + Child Science Day STEM sessions at the Centre.
• Women's Fitness Collective UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLauren from Women's Fitness Collective UK leads Nature Walk with Mums on the Move outdoor activity sessions.
• Notts Recovery NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffers free, confidential 1:1 appointments for women at NWC for alcohol or drug use support, information and advice.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Women's Aid Federation of England: Women's Aid is the national umbrella federation coordinating local domestic abuse services in England, directly relevant as a sector infrastructure body that overlaps with NWC's domestic abuse and women's justice work.
• Refuge: Refuge is a large national charity operating the National Domestic Abuse Helpline and refuge housing across the UK, overlapping with NWC's domestic abuse therapy and casework services but at a much broader geographic and operational scale.
• Women's Trust: Women's Trust is a London-based charity providing free counselling and group therapy to women affected by domestic abuse, comparable in therapeutic focus to NWC's affordable counselling programme but at a larger organisational scale.

Direct peers

• Leeds Women's Aid: Leeds Women's Aid delivers refuge, community-based domestic abuse support, and recovery programmes for women across Leeds, sharing NWC's mix of therapeutic support, casework, and partnership-based referral models in a different regional geography.
• Bristol Women's Centre: Bristol Women's Centre operates a comparable women-only community centre model offering counselling, casework, ESOL, free legal drop-ins, and creative activities from a single city-centre site, mirroring Nottingham Women's Centre's wraparound service mix in a different UK city.
• Sheffield Women's Centre: Sheffield Women's Centre provides women-only counselling, support groups, training, and drop-in services from a single city-centre location, closely paralleling Nottingham Women's Centre's service portfolio and operating model.
• London South Bank Women's Centre: London South Bank Women's Centre offers free counselling, ESOL, advice, and group activities for women in a single-hub community centre format, making it one of the closest operational analogues to Nottingham Women's Centre in a different region.
• Rotherham Women's Centre: Rotherham Women's Centre provides counselling, group support, training, and drop-in services for women from a single Yorkshire hub, with a service mix closely aligned to NWC's activities and reach profile.

Regional players

• Edinburgh Women's Centre: Edinburgh Women's Centre offers a similar women-only community hub model with counselling, group activities, and support services in Scotland, providing a useful cross-jurisdiction comparison point for NWC's operating model.

Others

• Women's Resource Centre: Women's Resource Centre is a UK infrastructure body providing training, policy advocacy, and capacity-building support to women's organisations, relevant as an ecosystem enabler rather than a direct service competitor to NWC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/nottswomenscent
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nottswomenscent
• Instagraminstagram.com/nottswomenscent

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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