The Lower Hutt Women’s Centre acts as a community resource centre for Women, Teenage Girls and Children, working towards and with, education, empowerment, the promotion of mental health, healing and recovery for all women and families in the community. We seek to address feminist goals which seek to empower, support, educate and resource women to lead full and meaningful lives and to work toward social justice and equity. We run a continuous range of self help groups and courses, e.g. Assertiveness, Self Esteem, Anger Management, Meditation and Self Esteem for Teenage Girls. The centre fills a special role in that it can be anonymous, women can talk, they don’t need to fit a criteria – women can come and unload , enrol for a course or just have some quiet space. This service is used daily and is essential for the Lower Hutt community. All women from all cultures and ages are welcome at the centre. The drop-in facilities provided are a meeting place for women, a time out space and a friendly environment for a chat and support. We believe women need specific services for women-only to work on issues of self esteem, assertiveness and parenting skills.