Kyra Women’s Project

We are a registered charity in York that exists to help local women make positive and lasting improvements to their lives. In our unique organisation, we offer a range of 1 to 1 and group support activities and courses for women, from our safe and comfortable, city centre location. We welcome anyone seeking support based on and through the female experience – either those who were assigned female at birth or whose gender identity is female, gender fluid or non-binary and is over the age of 18: we have a young women’s project (the ROSE group) for those aged 18-30 (see under Our Projects).

Our door will always be open until every woman in our area feels safe, supported and able to be the person they always wanted to be. Our purpose is to provide non-judgmental support and information to all women. Whatever their reason for seeking help, we recognise that women face challenges in their lives that can be distinct from those of men. Our services are tailored to support women to make the changes they need to improve their lives, at their own pace.

We offer people who need our support a one-stop-shop to begin a journey of change, to address poor mental health, loneliness & isolation, and find ways to deal with and move on from bad experience or trauma in their lives. We are not a crisis organisation. We provide tailored support on a medium to longer term basis to prevent crisis from happening in the first place or to help people get their lives back on track after a trauma or issues with mental health.

Take that first step. We can’t wait to meet you.

Please note, we do not keep a waiting list for enrollment appointments as we can not see it due to technical difficulties.

Please DO NOT put your name down on the waiting list when you are booking an appointment to enrol as the waiting list is not visible to us. 

To book an appointment to enrol, click here and choose your date and time: https://bookwhen.com/kyraprojectenrolment

If there are no slots available, please email contact@kyra.org.uk, to let us know you would like to enrol.

If you need more information, call us on 01904 632332, email contact@kyra.org.uk or fill in the contact form on this site.

A Kyra member is any woman who joins our free community to access support, services, and a safe space to grow, connect, and thrive.

Did you know? Most Kyra services are delivered by our specially-trained volunteers. They contribute 78 hours of volunteering in an average week – that’s over 4,000 hours/year. If they were paid at the Real Living Wage, that would be over £48,000 worth of work which they provide free to Kyra!

We’ve signed the York Citywide Volunteering Pledge to show our commitment to contributing towards a thriving culture of Volunteering in York.

Our Activities

At Kyra you can access a wide range of activities, training, counselling, information and support to suit different needs.

Our Events

Whatever your reason for seeking help we recognise that women face challenges in their lives that are distinct from those of men.

Our Projects

Kyra is sometimes funded by grant-making bodies to deliver a particular project on a specific timescale.

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