Atlas Women's Centre provide a range of services including classes for educational qualifications, confidence building, and an on-site crèche
A women's centre in Lisburn has been described as a "lifeline" by service users, particularly when it comes to help during the cost of living crisis. The Atlas Women's Centre offer a huge range of services and programmes, with everything from confidence building, personal development, and classes to build up qualifications available.
She explained: "Most of the courses we offer are free as we realise people can't afford it. They can't afford to survive, to heat their houses, so they're going to put their education and social interaction at the bottom of the list, and we know how important that is to people now. Rachel Benson is a crèche worker at the centre. Parents who call into the Atlas for a range of classes, whether it be art classes or literacy and numeracy classes working towards qualifications, can drop their children into the on-site crèche while they are there.
"We have done focus groups here trying to get feedback, and parents are saying they can't take their kids to soft play or the zoo. Some parents haven't had trips out in over four years because there's no money there. They literally have money to survive, and there are no luxuries."
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