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Posted: 8th November 2024
Last week, we had a wonderful time celebrating Diwali with our clients in refuge. The room was beautifully decorated by our dedicated staff, who also put together a fabulous selection of Indian snacks. The celebration was filled with joy as…
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Posted: 8th November 2024
Black Country Women’s Aid (BCWA) was honoured to have two inspirational colleagues shortlisted for this year’s high-profile Anti-Slavery Day Awards, which took place in London on Tuesday, 15th October. Louise Brown and Rose Makilagi were nominated in different categories of…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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