About Us

Mission

Sandwell Women’s Aid provides safe accommodation and support for women and children who have experienced or are at risk of domestic violence, rape and sexual violence, working to empower and encourage women to build a new life free from violence and abuse.

Sandwell Women’s Aid aim to:·

Provide safe and secure emergency refuge accommodation for women and children leaving a violent role
Provide advice, support, counselling, advocacy and outreach for women and their children both in the refuge and in the wider community
Develop and facilitate support groups for women who have experienced or are at risk of domestic violence, rape of sexual assault
Provide resettlement support services to Asian Women after leaving a violent relationship
Work with partners including statutory and non-statutory sector to develop strategies to improve services for women
Provide information to agencies on issues surrounding domestic violence so they can support women who need help
Raise awareness of the issue of domestic violence within the statutory and voluntary sector as well as the wider community through training sessions, formal presentations and group talks

Service Information

Sandwell Women’s Aid provides a range of services to support women and children. They provide 24hr helpline, Humdard (Asian Women) 24hr helpline, Outreach Support, Community Development, Humdard (Asian) Women’s Service, Refuge Services, Family Support and re-settlement services.

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Key Facts: How common is Domestic Violence?

One in four women experience domestic violence during their lifetime
12.9 million incidents of domestic violence acts occur each year
one in five marriage counselling sessions mentioned domestic violence as an issue
every minute in the UK the police receive a call requesting assistance for domestic violence
women are most commonly sexually assaulted by men they know
of women who had experienced domestic violence one in four had never lived with the partner who had committed the worst act of violence against them
in a study of 200 women’s experiences of domestic violence it was found that 6 out of 10 women had left because they feared that they or their children would be killed by the perpetrator
300,000 women and children live in refuges in the UK