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Welsh Women’s Aid: A Day in the Life Welsh Women’s Aid’s Head Of Services By Liz Armitti As Head of Services my role includes management of the Children Matter project, the All Wales Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Helpline and our accredited training programme. This typically involves a range of activities including auditing, review of service […]

We are now recruiting for a Young Person’s Group Worker to deliver a new project in Safe AS within Cardiff Women’s Aid; The S.O.D.A club, which stands for “Survivors of Domestic Abuse”. The role includes helping to design, create and facilitate a group for teenagers who have experienced domestic abuse and who are suffering with […]

Click here to read Welsh Women’s Aid’s latest statement on Ched Evans.

There are two new exciting vacancies at Carmarthen Domestic Abuse Service. Click here to read more about the vacancy for Finance & Admin Support Worker or Click here to read more about the vacancy for Refuge Assistant. For more information or for an application pack, please contact Ruth on [email protected]

Click here to read Welsh Women’s Aid’s press release on the reinstatement of Ched Evans –  Welsh Women’s Aid Ched Evans Reinstatement PR Click here to read Welsh Women’s Aid’s press release on the Home Office domestic abuse consultation –  Welsh Women’s Aid DA Offence Consultation PR Click here to read our press release on Welsh Women’s Aid’s […]

Research request Elinor Lloyd, a PhD student at the University of Warwick researching child-animal relationships in violent homes is looking to interview a sample of children/young people who have escaped domestic abuse and would be happy to talk about any relationships or experiences that they have had with pets. If you would like to contribute […]

16 Days Plans are underway for this year’s 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence. We are co-ordinating actions and activities around Wales, so if you would like us to promote your events on the 16 Days website, please let us know. Light a Candle – Welsh Women’s Aid & BAWSO’s annual Light a Candle […]

GBV Bill – Success – Women are back in the Bill In September WWA’s new CEO, Eleri Butler, gave evidence to the committee scrutinising the Gender-based Violence Bill. You can access footage of the session here. WWA was able to make a number of important points based around our written evidence, also submitted last month […]

Challenge yourself: change a child’s future. Women’s Aid Monmouthshire are looking for volunteer mentors to work with children who have experienced domestic abuse. You would meet with a child aged between 5-11 years for two to four hours, once a week, for one year. You’d spend time planning each weekly mentoring session, and attend supervision […]

Submission to the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee regarding the ‘Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill’ Click here to read more Summary of WWA written evidence on the ‘Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill’ Click here to read more

We want to develop meaningful ways for women and children to feel empowered, supported and motivated to share their experiences, in order to inform policy and practice. Designed with this aim in mind, our new Engagement and Participation project is about building relationships with women and children who have lived through the experience of domestic […]

We are currently looking for high profile men to act as ambassadors for WWA to speak out against violence against women. If you know any men who you think would like to participate, or would fit this role, please contact Meg Kissack, Campaign & Events Officer; [email protected]

Welsh Women’s Aid are looking to start a campaign for funding for children’s work in Wales. We last carried out research in 2012 and intend to see what the national picture looks like two years later. We are busy collating data from our members, and aim to use the findings to campaign for increased funding […]

Sally Hughes joined us on the 18th August as the new Engagement and Participation Officer. In her new post she will be creating opportunities for women, children and young people to inform policy and practice through developing a Wales wide ‘Voices Network’. This will include things like a forum on the website where women can […]

For immediate release 20.08.14 Welsh Women’s Aid welcomes consultation on criminalising coercive control   Today’s announcement that the UK Government will consult on whether criminal law around domestic violence should be consolidated and aligned with the Home Office definition has been welcomed by Welsh Women’s Aid (WWA). WWA have been campaigning for many years for […]

Children Matter are very proud to announce the completion of the young People (14-25yrs) Pack.  The pack has been a collaboration between young people, our members and other specialist organisations.  It covers many of the recent emerging trends and issues that concern young people in their relationships. It is aimed at preventing abuse and repeat […]