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Our Service
At Changing Lives: Athena, we provide a therapeutic community for women in Sunderland facing challenging circumstances at different points of transition. It provides 24-hour recovery focused accommodation for women experiencing homelessness who may be sleeping rough, leaving custody or be experiencing homelessness in hospital or in unsupported hostel type accommodation. These women typically may have a diverse range of presenting needs, symptomatic of domestic abuse, sexual exploitation, poor mental health and at risk of self-harm.
The project is for this group of marginalised women who need a safe place to stay with services specifically tailored to the individual’s needs, working intensively with them over a 90-day recovery journey.
Our aim is to be as inclusive as possible, particularly to women who cannot access mainstream refuge and supported accommodation because of additional support needs.
- Eight self-contained modern apartments over two floors
- One-to-one support and therapeutic interventions including counselling, CBT and DBT
- Group work focusing on life skills such as money management
- Support to find move on accommodation
This service is open to women across the North East. To make a referral please get in touch using the below contact details.
We support women aged 18+ across the North East.
Email us
danielle.meir@changing-lives.org.uk