Friday 24th May, Andrews Gallery, Titanic Belfast Our conference theme for this year is: “Redefining Domestic Violence: the unique impact of violence within Intimate Partner relationships.” Much has been done in recent years to raise awareness regarding Domestic Violence. As welcome as this has been, a focus on the broader definition of domestic violence can […]

From Nigeria to Newtownards – an equine journey to joyfulness Words by Aongus O’Keeffe, Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Branch | Safer Communities Directorate, Department of Justice Adele (not her real name), a young female from Nigeria was trafficked into the UK in 2022, undergoing unthinkable abuse and exploitation along the way. That is in the […]

Here at Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, we have a wide variety of staff who work across our teams in various job roles. Each woman who works with us contributes invaluably to the organisation, enabling us to provide support and guidance to women, children and young people when they need us most. With our ‘Day […]

Maternal mental health week Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week was founded six years ago by the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership. The aim of this campaign is to discuss and raise awareness of maternal mental health and signpost mothers who are experiencing or have experienced mental ill health to support services. This year, the overall theme […]

Here at Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, we have a wide variety of staff who work across our teams in various job roles. Each woman who works with us contributes invaluably to the organisation, enabling us to provide support and guidance to women, children and young people when they need us most. With our ‘Day […]

Counselling and domestic abuse People attend counselling for various reasons. In society, one of the common problems that we are facing is domestic abuse. But these days more people are coming forward to speak about domestic abuse. Very often the victims are women and the abusers are partners or ex-partners. We provide various services to […]

From January 2021 until December 2021 there were a total of 20,827 domestic abuse crimes recorded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland throughout the whole of Northern Ireland, this was a total increase of around 9% compared to previous years. In Belfast City alone, there were a total of 13,773 incidents and crimes recorded […]

Here at Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, we have a wide variety of staff who work across our teams in various job roles. Each woman who works with us contributes invaluably to the organisation, enabling us to provide support and guidance to women, children and young people when they need us most. With our ‘Day […]

Here at Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, we have a wide variety of staff who work across our teams in various job roles. Each woman who works with us contributes invaluably to the organisation, enabling us to provide support and guidance to women, children and young people when they need us most. With our ‘Day […]

Financial abuse is also sometimes referred to as economic abuse; both names include the same abusive behaviours, however the latter is sometimes seen as a broader definition which can help people to understand the many ways in which the abuse can be inflicted and its impact upon survivors. In October 2020, the UK domestic abuse […]