Shama Womens Centre

We are the only women’s centre in the heart of Leicester, that provides a culturally conducive environment with multi-lingual staff and volunteers delivering a range of accreditations such as IT, ESOL, Mental Health Awareness, accredited level 2 business courses and more.
We have a purpose built industrial textiles training centre, helping hundreds of women train and gain employment or start their own business.

Our Information Advice and Guidance services support women to search, apply and prepare for jobs and gain employment including setting up their own businesses. In addition, we offer women opportunities to support each other through peer groups.

Our on-site childcare means women with pre-school children can access support without spending a fortune on childcare. Our mental health and domestic abuse counselling services help break down cultural barriers and enable women to achieve independence and success.

At Shama, we are working to break this silence on gambling harms by offering free, confidential, and culturally respectful support, including:

– Multilingual counselling

– One-to-one and group peer support

– Welfare and debt advice

– Domestic abuse and legal support

– Befriending services

– Holistic recovery programmes (e.g., baking, chai & chat, yoga)

Referral :

You can contact our main office at: 0116 251 4747 or complete a gambling harms referral form on our website.