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Black Country Women’s Aid awarded National Lottery funding for innovative family therapy programme

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Posted: 17th October 2023

Black Country Women’s Aid (BCWA) has been awarded almost £500,000 in National Lottery funding to expand an innovative family therapy programme for mothers and children affected by domestic abuse.   The charity will use the money to support families in…

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B&Q fund new shower room at BCWA modern slavery safe house

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Posted: 17th July 2023

A Black Country Women’s Aid safe house for victims of modern slavery now has an updated and refreshed shower room thanks to a generous grant from the B&Q Foundation. What is modern slavery? Modern slavery transcends age, gender and ethnicities, and…

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BCWA achieves LimeCulture Quality Standards

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Posted: 28th April 2023

We are very pleased to announce that BCWA has been awarded accreditation through the LimeCulture Independent Accreditation Programme for the Quality Standards for: ISVA services for adults affected by sexual abuse and violence CHISVA services for young people affected by…

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5 things everyone should know about stalking during Stalking Awareness Week 2023

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Posted: 26th April 2023

It’s Stalking Awareness Week between the 24th and 28th April: a national campaign raising awareness about stalking and the dire effects it can have on victims. Stalking is when someone carries out a pattern of repeated and persistent unwanted behaviour…

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How does a court IDVA work?

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Posted: 6th March 2023

Typically there are over 1 million female victims of domestic abuse in England and wales. Overall in the UK, more than one in four women and 1 in 6 men will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime often with years…

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Going to the beach! Blackpool 2022

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Posted: 9th December 2022

We would like to say a huge thank you to Freemasons from The Dartmouth Lodge for sponsoring this special trip. When our refuge team heard the great news that we had been granted funds to take all the women and…

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BCWA is a 2022 finalist in The Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards!

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Posted: 10th November 2022

  What are the awards about?   The Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards has been launched to recognise the people and organisations who are helping to make a true difference to the lives of our nation’s working population. This year they received over 500 applications, so…

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Walsall Domestic Abuse Consultation

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Posted: 23rd September 2022

If you live or work in Walsall, we need your views! Black Country Women’s Aid is launching a new survey in partnership with Walsall Council to collect the voices of survivors, professionals and the wider community on domestic abuse services…

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Pocket-sized Christmas: help us bring festive cheer to women and children in refuge!

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Posted: 9th December 2021

Please support our pocket-sized Christmas! Each year we are always blown away by the generosity and kindness of everyone who donates gifts, vouchers, food and clothes to support survivors or domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery. This year we…

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International Volunteer’s Day 2021

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Posted: 9th December 2021

I came to women’s aid in 2019, I had left an abusive relationship with my children and was directed to women’s aid for help. When I first came to women’s aid, I had no idea that my relationship was abusive….

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