Specialist areas within Welsh Women’s Aid

Training & Development

• Ensures ongoing development of a programme of training that will assist member groups in the delivery of quality services.
• Provides training to external organisations, particularly in relation to raising awareness of the key issues surrounding domestic abuse.

Places can be booked through Rhian Jones, the Training & Development Coordinator, or Becky Jones.

Welsh Women’s Aid is a national Open College Network (OCN) centre and is able to deliver accredited qualifications.

Welsh Women's Aid are currently advertising our OCN Accredited Level 3 Domestic Abuse Awareness Training to any organisations and agencies that want a better understanding of the complexities of domestic abuse in Wales. For more information, please visit Domestic Violence Awareness Training - OCN Accredited Level 3 on our events pages.

For more information about the Accredited Training project, or for a full list of the units that Welsh Women's Aid can offer, please contact Colette Morgan.

 Legal Services

• Provides member groups with legal information, updates and training in a range of legal areas.
• Provides responses to consultation papers on behalf of Welsh Women’s Aid.

For more information about legal services, please contact Nesta Lloyd Jones

Housing Services

• Provides member groups with information and training on housing and supported housing issues, including homelessness, supporting people and welfare benefits.

Welsh Women’s Aid is an Accredited Support Provider (ASP).

• Monitors and reviews the Supporting People services for those member groups WWA is ASP for, as per the regulations defined by the Welsh Assembly Government.

For more information about Housing Services or the ASP role, please contact Tracey Sutton

Statistics

Welsh Women’s Aid collect statistics from member groups to provide an overview of the number of women and children who use Women’s Aid services in different areas across Wales.

• Compiles the Annual Statistical Report and provides up-to-date statistics to WWA National staff, WWA member groups, Welsh Assembly Government and other organisations.

For more information contact Kirstie Pavey or go to the Statistics & Research pages

• Runs the ‘Children Matter’ project - promoting greater consistency and quality standards in the delivery and development of children and young people’s services amongst member groups.

• Promotes children’s rights throughout the organisation and within groups.

• Educates and informs children and young people about healthy relationships, and help protect them from the negative impact of domestic abuse.

For more information contact Cheryl Martin or visit the Children and Young People's pages.