BCWA
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: 21st December 2022
IRIS is a nationally-recognised programme which integrates domestic abuse support within primary care services, helping vulnerable people in need to get support where they feel safe. Specialist IRIS advocate-educators train GPs and surgery staff to recognize warning signs someone is…
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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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Posted: 29th April 2022
The West Midlands Stalking Support Service presents an essential conference for 2022: Stalking: Centering victims in tackling perpetrators Thursday 26th May 9.30am – 4.30pm Join us in-person or online: To book for our in-person conference at Birmingham City University, Curzon Building,…
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Posted: 22nd November 2021
On International Men’s Day, Friday 19th November 2021, we were proud to launch Ask Marc, our new support service for men in the Black Country affected by interpersonal violence. Ask Marc will offer men living In the Black Country specialist…
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Posted: 27th September 2021
Earlier this year, we put out a call to help us fundraise for nature therapy sessions for children and young people accessing our service. We wanted to take them on an outward-bound adventure as part of our trauma informed interventions,…
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Posted: 17th September 2021
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from the Ministry of Justice’s Male Rape Support Fund to provide additional support to men and boys who have experienced rape and sexual abuse. This funding will enable us…
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Posted: 5th August 2021
We are pleased to announce that Black Country Women’s Aid has been granted funding from the Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner to offer specialist support for young victims, disabled victims, and male victims of domestic abuse…
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