Mission, vision & values
YWCS provides one to one counselling to women who are experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties as a result of current or past emotional stress or trauma.
Our aim is to be there to support women who need our help, when they need it, for as long as they need it, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Our mission
Our mission is to provide high-quality counselling for women in the York area who are experiencing difficulties as a result of current or past emotional stress and trauma, regardless of their ability to pay and for as long as they need it.
Our vision
Our vision is a city where women who need help have access to quality affordable face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy within weeks, not years, and are never turned away.
Our values
In delivering our service and running our organisation, we want all our work to be informed by our core values below and by always holding in mind the wellbeing of all of those engaging with YWCS or receiving a service from us.
Fairness: Integrity, inclusion and equality are the foundations on which our community is built and continues to grow from.
Community: YWCS is a community of women who share a commitment to offering a high-quality counselling service to women within the York community. Community is at the heart of what we do.
Relevance: We aim to make everything we do purposeful, meaningful and tailored to the individual needs of our clients, volunteers and staff and our organisation.
Creativity: We value the use of imagination, inspiration and inventiveness within our YWCS community to create positive change for women.
Relationships: Building transformative relationships with the women who are using our counselling service is at the very core of everything we do.
Safety: We are committed to doing all we can to safeguard our clients, colleagues and organisation, promote their health, wellbeing and human rights and protect them from harm, abuse and neglect.