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The Bridge Project - Mentoring Programme Launch

The Bridge Project – Supporting women affected by domestic abuse to achieve their aspirations The Bridge Project team are preparing to launch The Mentoring Programme.

Glyndwr Women's Aid - Application to Expand Services - Can You Help?

Glyndwr Women's Aid have put an application in to the Big Lottery to expand their services within refuge and the community in order that we can provide additional services.

Tackling abuse in teen relationships: Welsh response to Home Office campaign

Welsh Women’s Aid PRESS RELEASE Campaign launched today (15th Feb) tackles teenage attitudes to abuse within relationships Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes campaign and look forward to working with the Assembly to develop it in Wales The Women’s Aid movement in Wales welcomes the launch today of a powerful new Home Office advertising campaign aimed at reducing the levels of abuse and violence in teenagers’ relationships by challenging attitudes.

Help the NUS Women's Campaign - Stop Violence Against Women Students

The NUS Women's Campaign has launched a survey exploring women students' experiences of harassment, violence, sexual assault and stalking.

No Recourse to Public Funds Campaign – The Sojourner Project

What is the Sojourner Project? The Sojourner Project is a pilot scheme run by Eaves and funded by the Home Office.

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About Us

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029 20 390 874

Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence — yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, 8 March 2007

What We Offer

Specialist areas within Welsh Women’s Aid

Training & Development

  • Ensures ongoing development of a programme of training that will assist member groups in the delivery of quality services.
  • Provides training to external organisations, particularly in relation to raising awareness of the key issues surrounding domestic abuse.

Places can be booked through Rhian Jones, the Training & Development Coordinator, or Becky Jones.

Welsh Women’s Aid is a national Open College Network (OCN) centre and is able to deliver accredited qualifications.

Welsh Women's Aid are currently advertising our OCN Accredited Level 3 Domestic Abuse Awareness Training to any organisations and agencies that want a better understanding of the complexities of domestic abuse in Wales. For more information, please visit Domestic Violence Awareness Training - OCN Accredited Level 3 on our events pages.

For more information about the Accredited Training project, or for a full list of the units that Welsh Women's Aid can offer, please contact Colette Morgan.

 Legal Services

  • Provides member groups with legal information, updates and training in a range of legal areas.
  • Provides responses to consultation papers on behalf of Welsh Women’s Aid.

For more information about legal services, please contact Nesta Lloyd Jones

Housing Services

  • Provides member groups with information and training on housing and supported housing issues, including homelessness, supporting people and welfare benefits.

Welsh Women’s Aid is an Accredited Support Provider (ASP).

  • Monitors and reviews the Supporting People services for those member groups WWA is ASP for, as per the regulations defined by the Welsh Assembly Government.

For more information about Housing Services or the ASP role, please contact Tracey Sutton

Statistics

Welsh Women’s Aid collect statistics from member groups to provide an overview of the number of women and children who use Women’s Aid services in different areas across Wales.

  • Compiles the Annual Statistical Report and provides up-to-date statistics to WWA National staff, WWA member groups, Welsh Assembly Government and other organisations.

For more information contact Kirstie Pavey or go to the Statistics & Research pages

Children & Young People’s Services

  • Runs the ‘Children Matter’ project - promoting greater consistency and quality standards in the delivery and development of children and young people’s services amongst member groups.
  • Promotes children’s rights throughout the organisation and within groups.
  • Educates and informs children and young people about healthy relationships, and help protect them from the negative impact of domestic abuse.

For more information contact Cheryl Martin or visit the Children and Young People's pages.