Platform 51 Bilston
Contact Details
Contact Name: Nicola Salt
Address: 19-20 Middleway Green, Bilston,Wolverhampton, WV14 6DJ
Tel: 01902 357070 / 07801310583
Email: nicola.salt@platform51.org
Website: www.platform51.org
Description of Activity
Most of the work is single gender and targeted at girls and women including their children -especially at the centre. Mixed gender work is done in schools.
Support Activities and Learning Activities:
- IT
- ESOL
- Numeracy & Literacy
- Food Hygiene
- Peer support
- Programme for NEET young women
- Volunteering opportunities
- Residential
- Accredited Personal Development Programmes (Getting Connected / Wise Up)
- 1-2-1 key work support
- Group work (self esteem / assertiveness / managing risk & social exclusion)
- Drop in facility
- Transitional support
- Personal Safety
- DOFE Award
- Sexual Health Clinic
- Intergenerational work
- Evening & holiday youth provision
- Alternative curriculum for young women out of school
Where does the group meet?
At above Address
Age Range
5 years upwards
Cost of Session/s
Mostly free, some of the evening and holiday youth sessions are 50p per sessions
Services For
- Black Minority Ethnic (BME)
- Girls/young women
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Not in education or training
- Children and young people with disabilities - mild disabilities = 1 to 1 support, supported access to all groups.
Wise Up Leaflet (click to download)- Wise up is a programme which helps young women aged 16+ learn the skills they need to make a positive difference within their communities
Women'sSelf Esteem Group Leaflet (click to download)
Women's (18+) Drop In.doc Leaflet (click to download) - Free drop in for coffee, chat and/or information and advice from external providers on a variety of topics
Y Space Leaflet (click to download)- For young women aged 16+ a place to talk, get support, and something to do.
Centre Based Activities at YWCA BilstonWomen's Centre (Click to download) - Timetable of activities at YWCA