How it began…
We started from humble beginnings around a small kitchen table with local women in Sandwell, and the opening of our first refuge.
40 years of listening, supporting and caring
Standing with survivors of abuse since 1986.
Standing with survivors of abuse since 1986.
We started from humble beginnings around a small kitchen table with local women in Sandwell, and the opening of our first refuge.
We are proud to have grown into an award-winning, multi-service charity working across the Black Country.
We have been working with victim-survivors for 40 years and building services around their needs. Black Country Women’s Aid listens, supports and cares and will continue to do so for as long as we are needed.
We listen to the people who come to us for support and shape our services around what victim-survivors say will help them.
Safe accommodation where victim-survivors can stabilise, reset and recover has always been at the heart of BCWA. We are building and renovating new safe spaces to meet urgent and more inclusive needs e.g. for people with disabilities and larger families
We will continue to develop services in response to what people need, not what we think they need. Our support is relevant, respectful, and led by survivor voices.
We care about our communities and work to break the cycle of violence one family at a time. Through our children’s services we provide age-appropriate, trauma-informed support that centres on young people’s voices, strengthens their sense of safety, and aids recovery.
Our commitment is to ensure the next generation of victim-survivors grows up with stronger support, greater choice, and the chance to live safer, more hopeful lives.
