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Women's Aid
PO Box 391
Bristol
BS99 7WS
Tel (Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline): 0808 2000 247
Tel (Office): 0117 944 4411
Fax: 0117 924 1703
Web: www.womensaid.org.uk
Web: www.thehideout.org.uk
Women's Aid is the key agency in the UK for women and children experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their homes. The Women's Aid Federation of England (WAFE) is the national organisation which supports and resources the English network of 370 local refuge projects. There are also national Women's Aid Federations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. WAFE represents refuges and women and children experiencing domestic violence nationally in England. The Work of WAFE includes the following:
- Runs the Women's Aid National Helpline for women experiencing violence in the home. The helpline is run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge.
- Provides information and resources, including publications, to local refuge projects, statutory and voluntary agencies and the general public.
- Provides consultancy, support and training services to local refuge projects and other agencies working with women and children experiencing violence.
- Monitors relevant policy and practice. Works for better legal rights, support and protection for abused women and children.
- Produces the only UK wide contact list for refuge groups which enables women to move safely round the country to escape their violent abuser.
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