Anawim Birmingham's Centre for Women

Anawim Birmingham's Centre for Women Anawim offers gender and trauma responsive wraparound support to enable women to reach their potential.

A a safe space for women from all communities in Birmingham, experiencing any issue.
📍Balsall Heath.
☎️Free Helpline: 0330 056 0065. Anawim has been serving women in the community for over 30 years. We provide courses, activities and one-to-one counselling, as well as support for women who may be experiencing poor mental wellbeing, strained relationships, issues with housing and access to other b

asic essentials. Anawim's services are open to all women — you can call our free, confidential helpline on 0800 019 8818 or visit our live chat at www.anawim.co.uk to be put straight through to a friendly support worker. Please note Anawim's social media channels are monitored 9am-5pm, Thursday and Friday. For enquiries, please email [email protected] or visit our website. To ensure that our digital spaces are safe and inclusive, comments that could be considered to be of a threatening nature, discriminatory or otherwise offensive will be removed.

🟣We were pleased to welcome Minister Alexandra Davies-Jones to Anawim recently. She serves as Parliamentary Under-Secret...
01/09/2026

🟣We were pleased to welcome Minister Alexandra Davies-Jones to Anawim recently. She serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls, and so it was important for us to tell her about our work, both with women in the criminal justice system and outside of it.
🟣We were joined on the visit by the The JABBS Foundation for Women and Girls, Professor Simon Pemberton from the University of Birmingham. Together we were able to talk to the minister about the research that shows the links between trauma and offending, and the impacts of VAWG on the women we work with.
🟣The Minister also met our staff, and some of the women we're currently working with to learn more about what we do at the centre. It was important to tell her about our role in the Intensive Supervision Court in Birmingham, and how this learning could inform the roll out.

Ministry of Justice UK

🎉We're back open! Thanks for bearing with us while we've been having work done... we can't wait to welcome you to our ne...
01/09/2026

🎉We're back open! Thanks for bearing with us while we've been having work done... we can't wait to welcome you to our new spruced-up centre.

💜Yesterday we said goodbye to Sister Enda Gorman, who is leaving Birmingham, and Anawim, after decades of working with u...
27/08/2026

💜Yesterday we said goodbye to Sister Enda Gorman, who is leaving Birmingham, and Anawim, after decades of working with us. Enda has been volunteering here since the early 1990s, doing outreach work, providing counselling, passing on her knowledge and kindness, and keeping us all in line.
💜Enda's impact on Anawim is hard to overstate, but it's time for new adventures, and a new city. We will all really miss her, and look forward to catching up in the very near future.

🪩Did you know tickets for our FABULOUS 40th Fundraiser are on sale now? There's still a couple of Early Bird tickets lef...
26/08/2026

🪩Did you know tickets for our FABULOUS 40th Fundraiser are on sale now? There's still a couple of Early Bird tickets left - at just £40 - every penny we make will go to support our work with women in Birmingham and beyond.
🎟️The party takes place at the The Irish Centre Birmingham on November the 13th. Tickets include a meal, entertainment - including two of Birmingham's finest comedians - and drinks. We'd love for you to join us to celebrate four decades of Anawim. Snap up your seat here: https://www.ticketsource.com/anawim-birminghams-centre-for-women/t-rzjlard

💖Every penny you donate to Anawim makes a real difference to us and the women we work with. The cash that comes in throu...
25/08/2026

💖Every penny you donate to Anawim makes a real difference to us and the women we work with. The cash that comes in through fundraising is spent on many of the things that keep the centre going... that could be the foodbank, craft supplies, or equipment for the garden. It's all vital, and it's all appreciated. Thank you. 💖

24/08/2026

🌟 Case Study Spotlight: Anawim Birmingham's Centre for Women

Anawim - Birmingham's Centre for Women has shared a powerful case study showing how the Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) supports tailored, gender-responsive work with women. Through the WRNA Expansion Programme, The JABBS Foundation for Women and Girls and Henry Smith Foundation are supporting more organisations to take part in this evidence-building work.

The programme is strengthening understanding of what works best for women in the justice system, supporting the case for long-term investment in and specialist services.

⚽We always hear about a rise in domestic violence when there's football on... and a rise in violence if it's hot. We wan...
24/08/2026

⚽We always hear about a rise in domestic violence when there's football on... and a rise in violence if it's hot. We wanted to see what actually happened here, during the World Cup, so we asked West Midlands Police for the figures.
📈They show that together, football and hot weather are a toxic combination. In one July fortnight there were only two days where 999 calls, and reported offences were below average. During that time temperatures were between 22 and 33, and England played four times.
📅On the 12th of July - the day after the men's team beat Norway - there were 270 calls to 999, and 370 offences reported. Hot weather and football games work as an amplifier in situations that are already dangerous. There is no excuse. Read our full story here: https://anawim.co.uk/news/football_domesticviolence/

🔊 Next week - Drop-in will only be open on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th - the centre is closed all week while we finish ...
20/08/2026

🔊 Next week - Drop-in will only be open on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th - the centre is closed all week while we finish off our building work.
💜The picnic in Moseley Park on Monday 24th is going ahead, and the Carnival event on Friday 28th.

Address

228 Mary Street
Birmingham
B129RJ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

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