Become a Corporate Sponsor

Partner with the Maya Centre and help change lives. By becoming a corporate sponsor, your organisation can make a real and lasting difference to women’s mental health and wellbeing. Together, we can offer free therapy and emotional support to women on low incomes who have faced trauma, violence, inequality, and discrimination, helping them find healing, hope and a stronger sense of self.

Why your support matters

Right now, more than 150 women are waiting for therapy with us, and the list continues to grow. The lasting effects of Covid-19, the rise in Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), and the cost-of-living crisis have left many women struggling with their mental health and with fewer places to turn for support.

Many of the women we see face complex and painful challenges.

52% have experienced sexual abuse
25% childhood sexual abuse
13% honour-based violence
10% Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
38% struggle with the cost of living and welfare difficulties
50% have faced trauma and loss

Your organisation’s partnership can help us meet this growing need, giving more women access to free, trauma-informed counselling and community wellbeing support that can be truly lifesaving.

The impact of your funding

With your help, we can continue to provide free counselling and group workshops to women who might otherwise go without. For many refugee and asylum-seeking women, having therapy in their own language is the first time they’ve been able to safely share their story.

Our work focuses on building trust, resilience and voice, addressing the diverse and intersectional needs of women in our community. The results are powerful:

After completing counselling

99% improved in exploring their feelings and problems
97% improved in expressing how they feel
94% improved in overall wellbeing
93% improved in day-to-day functioning
84% improved in decision-making

After taking part in group support

95% improved in overall wellbeing and resilience
98% improved in coping strategies
92% improved in personal insight
75% felt more connected to the community
100% of participants in our cooking classes improved their budgeting, nutrition and social wellbeing
96% of participants in menopause workshops gained better knowledge and self-care strategies

Our by-women, for-women community offers a safe, inclusive space to heal, rebuild confidence and move towards a brighter future.

Voices from the women we support

“As refugees, we’ve experienced more loss than most. I realised today that I’m grieving — my life before, my culture, my country, the people I left behind. It’s all loss.”

“I’m thankful for the neurodivergent group. It made me feel warm inside and accepted. I’ve found a sense of community and support among others who understand.”

“Every week, I looked forward to this group. It taught me to smile more and reminded me that there’s nothing wrong with a smile.”

How partnering with us can benefit your organisation

Becoming a corporate sponsor isn’t just about donating. It’s about building a meaningful partnership that brings value to your team, your brand, and your community.

By partnering with the Maya Centre, your organisation can:

Give back to the community – support a local, women-led charity creating real impact for women in need.
Offer volunteering opportunities for your staff or teams helping them connect with a cause that builds empathy, teamwork, and shared purpose.
Develop skills and leadership through hands-on community engagement, social impact projects, and collaborative events.
Enhance your organisation’s social value by supporting a unique charity that delivers trauma-informed, intercultural mental health work recognised across the sector.
Show your commitment to equality and inclusion aligning your corporate values with a mission that champions women’s voices, dignity and wellbeing.

With your support, we can do even more

Your organisation’s contribution could help us:

Reach more women in and around Islington
Offer more counselling sessions in multiple languages
Expand our workshops and wellbeing programmes
Recruit new staff to meet rising demand

Every donation makes a difference:

£10 could pay for art supplies used in therapy sessions
£100 could pay for one session of free counselling
£1,000 could pay for a full course of counselling for one woman
£10,000 could help fund a new staff role to support more women

More than financial support

Partnering with the Maya Centre isn’t only about financial contributions — there are many meaningful ways to get involved.

Examples include:

Sharing your professional expertise and skills.
Providing supplies to help us run our services smoothly.
Donating wellbeing resources such as self-care materials for women using our services.

Join us in creating lasting change

With support from your organisation, we can reach more women, change more lives, and strengthen our community together.

Make a donation

Thanks to the generous support of our corporate partners, we help more than 500 women improve their mental health each year. But there is still so much more to do.