New Hall

Together Women continue to provide the gender specific resettlement services for women residing in New Hall prison. Based within the heart of the grounds, our women centre replicates the safe environment of our community women centres’ where customers can meet with staff, attend groups and have a coffee, which is a novelty within the prison establishment.

We have had a presence in the prison since 2007, as we recognise that some women will inevitably receive a custodial sentence. However, our services have developed significantly over the past 11 years. Our main areas of delivery include;

Support for women experiencing, or at risk of Domestic Abuse: A full time Key Worker and Qualified IDVA provide 1-1 support and risk management for women at risk of violence on release into the community. Support includes access to the Freedom programme, DASH assessment and MARAC referral where appropriate. In addition to this, each woman is screened on reception into custody and assessed according to risk of Violence. Our approach is preventative so we can minimise the amount of women becoming entrenched in unhealthy relationships.
Rape and Sexual Trauma Counselling: Our qualified counsellor is based within HMP New Hall full time, supporting women with their counselling needs.
Sex Work support: 1-1 and group support for women who are involved in the sex industry. Community organisations from across the Yorkshire and Humber region attend the centre to support the women pre-release. Courses and group work includes sexual health, keeping yourself self and exit strategies.
Generic resettlement support: The centre hosts a number of agencies to help women cope with their custodial sentence and assist with any practical and emotional needs they may have. These include Muslim Women in Prison and Prisoner Advice clinic who are legal experts.

The women centre was awarded a Butler Trust Commendation in the year 2013-14 for ‘Outstanding resettlement services for female offenders’. The recommendation was for all female establishments to replicate a similar model of through-care support.

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ISVA New Hall (Wakefield)

We are currently looking to recruit a fully qualified Independent Sexual Violence Advocate to work within HMP New Hall. The role will be supporting women who are experiencing Sexual Violence or at risk of Sexual Violence upon release into the community.
STAGE Sexual Exploitation Caseworker

Together Women are recruiting a new CSE criminal justice worker to join our STAGE team, supporting women who have been groomed and sexually exploited.
Covid - 19

Due to ongoing concerns regarding the Covid-19, Together Women are following Government guidelines and remain committed to supporting our most vulnerable women whilst ensuring the safety of all our staff and those accessing the centres. With this in mind all centres are closed until further notice. Please refer to our social media and website for continued updates. To keep up to date with government advice check out the following:
Pop Campaign

This is a national campaign designed by young women and girls for young women and girls. To raise awareness of peer on peer abuse and engage young women in sharing their views and experiences and seeking the support they need. #mindthesigns #rewind

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Hull Together Women is a city-centre based women’s centre delivering a variety of support and courses within a confidential and safe environment.
New Hall

Together Women continue to provide the gender specific resettlement services for women residing in New Hall prison.