Welsh Women’s Aid’s manifesto priorities for political parties in Wales 2015-16: Preventing Violence Against Women in Wales
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Domestic abuse: not just at Christmas
Usually promoted as a time to spend with family and friends, the festive season is also associated with peace, love, generosity and laughter. But Christmas can also be an incredibly difficult time for the thousands of women and children in Wales living with domestic or sexual abuse. They might be prevented from seeing family or […]
Increase in older people reaching out for help around domestic abuse
Eleri Butler, CEO of Welsh Women’s Aid said: “We’ve seen a year on year increase in the numbers of older people seeking help for domestic abuse, but numbers coming forward to get help and support are still lower than we would expect. Between January – November this year, 146 survivors of abuse aged over 55 […]
WWA recruiting for freelance associates: assessors and trainers
Welsh Women’s Aid is looking to expand our pool of associates to provide independent assessment of our national quality service standards; to help deliver our capacity building project that supports specialist services across Wales to evidence their impact and become commission-ready; and to deliver domestic abuse/violence against women training in a range of subject areas. […]
Welsh Women’s Aid response to the Spending Review announcement on funding women’s services:
This week, the UK Government announced their spending review priorities, which included ring-fencing proceeds from the ‘tampon tax’ to provide £15million to fund “women’s services” each year. This included a shared £2million between England-based domestic abuse charities – Women’s Aid England and Safe Lives – and it was further announced that an allocation of £40million […]
Llanelli Women’s Aid recruiting for Young Person’s Mental Ill Health Support Worker
Salary: £21,067 – £22,443 fixed term 3 year contract – funding by Comic Relief (Continuation of post is subject to funding) Hours: 35 hours/week Based in Llanelli the candidate will be required to provide a range of social and emotional support to young people between the ages of 11 – 24 yrs. old with mental ill […]
Light a Candle
Multi-faith event to speak out against violence against women in Wales Bawso in partnership with Welsh Women’s Aid, New Pathways, Unite, Safer Wales and Welsh Centre of International Affairs will be holding the annual, multi-faith Light a Candle event to mark the International Day to End Violence against Women on Wednesday 25th November at Llandaff […]
Save Refugees, Save Lives
Save refuges, save lives Welsh Women’s Aid calls for no cuts to refuge services across Wales Over half of refuge services in Wales report facing proposed cuts to their services next year 284 women were turned away from refuge services in Wales last year because of a lack of space. Today, on International Day for […]
Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes new members to their Board of Trustees
Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes new members to their Board of Trustees Welsh Women’s Aid is delighted to announce the appointment of seven highly skilled and experienced professionals to their Board of Trustees. Welsh Women’s Aid’s current Trustees, Maria Thomas (Chair), the Head of Partnerships for Shaw Trust; Morgan Fackrell, Chief Executive of Cardiff Women’s Aid; […]
Universal Children’s Day: Children Matter
Friday 20th November, 2015 The Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells Click here for more information
New £3m National Domestic Abuse Programme to Underpin Struggling Sector & Call on Government to Reform Poor Commissioning
Lloyds Bank Foundation Launches Three Year £3m National Domestic Abuse Programme to Underpin Struggling Sector and Calls on Government to Reform Poor Commissioning Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales today announced the launch of a three-year national programme designed to improve responses to domestic abuse and strengthen the sector. At a critical time when […]
Welsh Women’s Aid invites you to join us for our AGM & Partnership Seminar
Preventing violence against women, domestic abuse & sexual violence’ and our 2015 Annual General Meeting Click here for more information Cliciwch yma am rhagor o wybodaeth
Welsh Women’s Aid and Welsh Government launch new guide for schools to prevent violence against women
750,000 children and young people across the UK witness or experience domestic abuse every year . In schools and higher education institutions across Wales there are young people, and staff, who are experiencing or perpetrating violence against women, domestic abuse or sexual violence. This affects their safety, health and mental health, their relationships and their […]
How young people raise awareness of sexism, sexual violence, healthy relationships and gender equalities in schools and communities – a survey
Good Practice guide on how young people can safely and creatively promote gender equalities for respectful relationships This autumn the Welsh Government will launch the “Good Practice Guide: A Whole-Education Approach to Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence in Wales”. A central part of the guidance encourages children and young people to raise […]
Welsh Women’s Aid Briefing: Serious Crime Act 2015
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Welsh Women’s Aid Briefing: Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
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