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The WiSE Project is here for any woman who uses alcohol or other drugs. We listen to the challenges you're facing and shape our support around your needs and situation.

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Menstrual cycle & drug use

Across your menstrual cycle, you’re likely to experience cravings, different sensitivities to drug use, withdrawal and relapse, and changes in your mood and emotions. Understanding your cycle is important when thinking about how you use drugs and alcohol.

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The WiSE women of Windsor

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Meet Jennifer

Jennifer shares how WiSE helped her reconnect with her family and find support from women who truly understood what she was going through.

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When you donate to the WiSE Project, you make a statement: women deserve services designed around their needs, mothers and their families deserve compassion rather than stigma, and every woman should have access to support in a safe, welcoming environment.

Your incredible support will help us reach women who may never have received support before, challenge the inequalities that prevent women asking for help, and amplify the voices of women whose experiences have been overlooked for too long. Thank you for standing with us.


About the WiSE Project

Run by the team at social justice charity Cranstoun, WiSE stands for Women in Safe Environments, and provides women-only, trauma-informed support services. It removes the barriers that unfairly stop women accessing the help we need and creates an environment where every woman is welcome. There are no forms to fill out, no assessments to complete, and any information shared with us is kept strictly confidential.

Every woman deserves support without shame or stigma – but inequality is built into the systems that are meant to help us. A woman is more likely to face judgement in unsafe environments, fear her children being taken away, or encounter services that simply don't meet her needs.

The WiSE Project is here to change that.

About the WiSE Project