BCWA News: Services

Find out about our latest projects and events, and new developments.

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

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

BCWA

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

BCWA

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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IRIS programme expends to Wolverhampton: now across the whole Black Country area!

Projects

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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Walsall Domestic Abuse Consultation

BCWA

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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Book now for our stalking conference on 26th May 2022

Events

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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Ask Marc: New abuse support service for men launches on International Men’s Day

Events

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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Adventure therapy for children and young people

Fundraising

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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New funding for male survivors of rape and sexual abuse

Services

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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BCWA awarded specialist funding for to support young, disabled and male victims

BCWA

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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