A fundamental aim of Women's Consortium is promoting social inclusion and preventing feelings of alienation and disillusionment in the community. Part of this venture involves schemes to prevent the tide of rising mental health issues amongst local women through activities focused on increasing women's confidence, raising self esteem and getting women actively participating in exercise classes, em
ployment, further education and they themselves working with public, voluntary and charity sectors. Providing emotional support, we aim to be a base where women who seldom express themselves at all, feel comfortable enough to communicate their feelings and emotions fully and honestly. Women's Consortium is currently a small community project, aspiring to become a well established organisation nation-wide branching out to other projects. Various issues women suffer from include language problems, cultural problems, religious restrictions, lack of communication skills, discrimination and sometimes even discrimination from their own families. As well as these barriers, women can be reluctant to receive support from male workers. Women who are burdened with a heavy workload also may not have time to travel to an organisation for support, indirectly causing them to suffer. With all these issues existing and continuing to arise Women's Consortium is created with the intention to build and encourage women who suffer both within the community and in the wider community. We wish to raise issues, work in collaboration with other groups, and represent the wellbeing of women's lives. The project also benefits women by providing access to other information and advice services so that they can further develop necessary skills required for active involvement.
