YWCA Yorkshire provides services to women, children and families from three South Yorkshire sites and is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Fleming Gardens base in Rotherham , which includes 20 houses – ten in a cul-de-sac location in Bramley, and ten throughout the local area. As well as accommodation and support to the households, project workers deliver training to young women and families across the borough – including Cherelle Parkinson (26) and son Theo who accessed YWCA services after their living situation in another area of Rotherham became untenable. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Rotherham Advertiser, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Support worker Dawn helped Cherelle develop her confidence and skill set to move into a non-YWCA property. Cherelle said: “I've made a lot of progress with Dawn. “We cover lots of bases like finances, debt, mental health and finding different coping strategies to day-to-day tasks like doctors appointments or making phone calls to Yorkshire Water, helping ensure the information is correct about moving in (to the new property) and taking the right steps and not falling behind.
“I couldn't have asked for better. “She's to the point – but not telling you what to do, she's easy to get on with. “I've had support workers in the past from different places and a lot of them were box-ticking people and they were not empathetic.
“Here, it's.
