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 […]

We are delighted to announce that our Annual Conference will return this year following a hiatus in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference will take place at the Titanic Conference Centre in the Andrews Gallery on Friday 13th May. Our three main objectives for this year’s conference are: To emphasise that urgent action […]

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 […]

Join our #10KbyMay 2022 challenge! What is the 10K by May challenge? 10K by May is an awareness and fundraising campaign led by the team here at Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the impact and types of domestic abuse on women, children and young people, […]

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 […]

#SpotlightOn domestic abuse 2021 campaign At the start of 2021 we launched an online campaign to raise awareness of the many different forms domestic abuse can take. This campaign, named #SpotlightOn, focussed on a different form of abuse each month in order to inform and educate our audience, including women currently experiencing abuse. By utilising […]

Homelessness Awareness Week Northern Ireland begins today, Monday 6th December 2021… Homelessness and domestic abuse are intrinsically linked; when a woman leaves an abusive relationship, she often has nowhere to go. This is particularly true of women with few resources. Lack of affordable housing and long waiting lists for social housing mean that many women […]