The accommodation in Welwyn Walk opened last December and staff provide emotional and practical support seven days per week to women with children, focused on boosting skills and resources to enable positive parenting and independent living. The project has close working relationships with many agencies including mental health services, community drug and alcohol agencies, social work teams etc.

At the accommodation there are fully furnished two bedroomed self contained flats and a number of three bedroom houses with secure gardens. The scheme also offers communal facilities inc-luding an office, residents lounge and a play area for children.

The staff are anxious to involve the local community to make use of the facilities and soon hope to start a coffee morning.

For all enquiries please telephone or fax the staff at the project on 0161 203 5588.

For those of you who don’t know; Annie Kenney was a lady from Springfield, Oldham who was born in 1879. She was very keen on rights for women and was imprisoned on several occasions for her protests, one such protest ended with her swearing at a policeman who was trying to eject her from a political meeting! She was given 18months imprisonment for this crime! She was an active Suffragette and companion to the Pankhursts. Annie died in 1953.