The Women’s Centre Programme has been developed by the Robertson Trust, in partnership with third sector organisations Centrestage and Active Communities, to demonstrate how a gender specific, community-led, multi-agency approach can support women to achieve positive outcomes at a community, individual and agency level. Dr. Beth Weaver and Claire Lightowler from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde and CYCJ, have been involved in supporting the learning from the initial development phase and over the next two years will be evaluating the Women’s Centre Programme, with Fern Gillon, to identify whether and how this specific approach can generate its intended impact. A series of thematic summaries will be produced throughout this evaluation, the first one introduces the Women’s Centres, highlights learning to date and explains the plans for the next phase of the evaluation.