Named after an inspirational parishioner who fought for the rights of women and the disadvantaged, this building serves as a training centre for the charity Anawim Women’s Development Project.

Anawim (meaning ‘the vulnerable ones’) provide much needed welfare and health services to disadvantaged women in the local area. The charity was out-growing its on-site accommodation, and urgently needed extra space to continue its programme of training projects for the women it assists in developing new skills to participate in mainstream employment.

Within the constraints of a limited site and budget, the design is efficiently planned, addressing priorities of privacy and security, whilst exploiting natural light and creating a building with a strong identity in a site which lacked architectural quality. Standing in the grounds of SS John and Monica church, the centre doubles as a teaching space at weekends when it is used for the Children’s Liturgy.