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Stirling and District Women's Aid

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC010937
Status
Active
Registered
Aug. 24, 1979
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
Stirling and District Women's Aid
Unit 7 Stirling Arcade
Stirling
Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire
FK8 1AX

Contact

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the promotion of equality and diversity','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

Stirling and District Women's Aid (SDWA) is a voluntary organisation which provides support to women and who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse and to children from families where domestic abuse occurs. It provides: • Temporary accommodation for women with and without children • Information and support for women in relation to domestic abuse • Support and outreach activities to women and children

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','Other defined groups'

Objectives: The objects of the Company are to: (a) The relief of women, children and young people who have experienced or are in fear of domestic abuse perpetrated by partners or ex-partners by: (i) the provision of temporary refuge accommodation. (ii) providing support and information on access to other services. (iii) providing structured supportive opportunities to allow service users to make choices for their future . (iv) liaising with other services, including the police, and (v) advocating for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse within legal and other protection services. (b) The advancement of education by raising awareness of the effects of domestic abuse with the public and with young people in particular and providing opportunities for women, children and young people to shape the development of services, policy and practice at a strategic level. (c) The promotion of equality and diversity by: upholding and promoting the rights of all women, children and young people regardless of race, colour, disability, sexual orientation, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status, race, language, national or social origin. who have experience of domestic abuse in the belief that violence against women is symptomatic of wider structural inequalities in society , and thus mainly perpetrated by men .

Geography

Main operating location
Stirling
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £622,605 £603,277 12
March 31, 2024 £670,282 £595,826 13
March 31, 2023 £665,852 £640,233 16
March 31, 2022 £583,636 £626,282 16
March 31, 2021 £595,458 £471,433 16