Women’s Aid – The Lead Agency for Women and Children Affected by Domestic Violence Effective 6:00pm Sunday 31st March 2019, the 24 Hour Domestic & Sexual Violence Helpline will no longer be managed by Women’s Aid Federation NI, however the vital work of Women’s Aid supporting women and children affected by domestic violence continues. The […]

We are delighted to announce our plans for our Conference on 25th January 2019 in Titanic, Belfast. In 2004, Belfast & Lisburn Women’s Aid hosted its first “Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?” conference, which highlighted the progress made in developing services and interagency strategies to address domestic violence in Northern Ireland over the previous decades. […]

“Universal Credit discriminates against single mothers as well as people living with trauma and mental health debilitations, according to one domestic abuse survivor.” Read More on page 13 in View Magazine’s “Stories from the Frontline” 

Domestic Violence can make Christmas a frightening and lonely time In the year ending March 2018, a total of 302 women and 205 children lived in our refuges.  A total of 1,376 women and 1,748 children were supported by our outreach services. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FORCED 57 women and 43 children to leave their homes to […]

Whether you enjoy keeping on top of it or you’re totally over it, for many of us, the World Cup is taking over our TV screens and our homes. As one of the greatest sporting spectacles on the globe, the World Cup can evoke a spectrum of emotions, passions, frustrations – the highs and the […]

At Belfast & Lisburn Women’s Aid, our staff have extensive experience working to support women and children affected by domestic violence over the past 40+ years. We started our blog a number of months ago as platform to communicate that knowledge while hopefully educating others interested in issues relating to domestic violence. Through the power […]

Thanks to your generosity again this year, no woman or child involved with our service spent Christmas 2017 without food, heating, toys and gifts. A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS WHO MADE CHRISTMAS AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR REFUGES AND IN […]

Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid provides confidential support, information and emergency accommodation for women and children affected by domestic violence. Our Annual Conference will be a celebration of the organisation’s work over the past year and outline how we will move forward as the lead voluntary organisation in the delivery of our specialist support services […]

The 16 Days of Activism runs annually from 25th November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls) to 10th December (Human Rights Day) As part of the campaign, we called on men to “Stand Up and Speak Out” on violence against women and girls. Thank you to all the men who showed their support and helped raise awareness that domestic […]

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