The Women’s Health Information Support Centre (WHISC) plays a vital role in supporting women and families from across the Liverpool City Region, many of whom are vulnerable and in urgent need of assistance and intervention.

WHISC’s services are currently in higher demand than ever. In the past year alone, our dedicated staff and volunteers have provided over 9,000 hours of support and services, including:

• 121 listening service
• Advocacy support
• Health information
• Anti-poverty support
• Warm hub and safe space
• Community outreach
• Peer support
• Group wellbeing sessions
• Skills and activity sessions
• Volunteer training and employment opportunities

Support our work

For a small, local charity like WHISC, community donations provide a vital lifeline, helping to ensure that the women we serve get access to the support they need.

Your donations help pay for:

• A hot drink and snack for every woman (and child/ren) who walks through our door – £1
• A basic hygiene essentials support pack for a woman in crisis – £7
• Travel expenses for families (a woman and up to 3 children) so that they can visit us to access support – £12 / day
• A 121 listening service for a woman in a complex crisis situation – £22.50.

If you’re able to consider making a donation – however small – we’d be grateful for your support.

Every penny donated makes a direct difference to the lives of women and families across the Liverpool City Region.

There are a number of donation methods:

• You can donate in person
• Donate today to make a difference to women and families across Liverpool – WHISC – JustGiving
• One-off payments can be made via PayPal using the email address women@whisc.org.uk, in person or via bank transfer
• Regular payments can be made by:
  • Standing order via your bank or Payroll Giving through your employer. Please contact us to set this up.
• Payroll Giving via your employer. 

Payroll Giving is a flexible scheme which allows anyone who receives their pay through payroll to give regularly and on a tax free basis to the charities and good causes of their choice. Payroll Giving donations are deducted before tax so for every £1.00 that you give it will only cost you 80p, and if you’re a higher rate tax payer it will only cost you 60p.

Payroll Giving (also known as Give As You Earn or workplace giving) is a valuable, long-term source of revenue, providing regular income to help charities budget and plan ahead more effectively. Employees can choose to support any charity of their choice with a regular donation direct from their pay.
It’s cheaper because its tax free – for example, a donation of £5 per month costs the basic rate tax payer £4.00 (the taxman pays the rest!)
Higher rate taxpayers- the only way to pass on your 40% or 45% tax to charities. Only 28% can be recouped via other ways of giving. 

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Current Supporters

We are currently supported by a wide range of funders including:

• Liverpool City Council
• John Moores Foundation
• Cheshire & Merseyside NHS
• LCVS – CAB
• Garfield Weston Foundation
• Steve Morgan Foundation

Thank you to all the individuals, service users and staff that have made donations and helped to raise funds for us.

If anyone would like to raise money on behalf of WHISC, please contact us for a Sponsorship Form or further information on 0151 707 1826.