WISH aims to give women some influence over their own lives in order to build self esteem and confidence through the development of long-term positive relationships, and projects which will give women choice in and control over their own futures.  WISH aims to empower all women who use WISH services to achieve a self-defined improvement in quality of life by:

·        Building long term sustainable and consistent relationships with women

·        Supporting women’s personal development

·        Enabling women to link into the community

·        Facilitating access to training and education

·        Providing gender specific advocacy

·        Enabling women to input into local and national policy and have a positive influence on their treatment and care

·        Providing gender-specific training, external supervision and a conference programme for practitioners and staff

Our work helps to validate women as important individuals who can take responsibility for their own lives and for whom empowerment to handle their own issues will be of paramount importance in determining their own futures both within the system and on moving into the community.  WISH works with women to change an unfair system, which has already failed many women; we address issues of:

·        Equality of opportunity

·        Social exclusion

·        Human and civil rights

WISH campaigned with women for a dedicated secure service that provides women with a safe environment that is gender sensitive and therapeutic at the appropriate level of physical security.  WISH has reviewed it services to ensure that women gain maximum benefit from the changes effected in national policy by complementing the basic services provided in secure units; and by working to ensure that practice at secure unit level reflects national policy.  WISH actively works to ensure that more power lies with women at both a service and organisational level.

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