# Cumbernauld and District Women&#x27;s Aid SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC019173
- **Known as:** Cumbernauld and District Women&#x27;s Aid
- **Status:** Removed
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Nov. 11, 1991
- **Removed:** Feb. 20, 2026
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC019173


## Contact

- **Address:** Muirfield Centre, 1a South Muirhead Road, Cumbernauld
- **Postcode:** G67 1AX
- **Website:** www.nlwaid.com



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the promotion of equality and diversity&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;,&#x27;any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes&#x27;

**What the charity does:** To provide relief to women, children and young people, who have suffered or are still experiencing domestic abuse

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** The organisation may (subject to first obtaining consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter its charitable purposes, which are  4.1 To provide relief to women, children and young people, who have suffered or are still experiencing domestic abuse so they can be active citizens who are achieving, resilient, respected, responsible and included by:   4.1.1 Providing safe, temporary accommodation away from abusers.   4.1.2 Offering time, safe space and information for women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse.  4.1.3 Offering a range of services within the community to meet individual needs.   4.1.5 Providing structured supportive opportunities to allow women, children and young people to make choices for their future.   4.1.6 Liaising with other services on behalf of the women, children and young people who are or have experience of domestic abuse.   4.1.7 Giving support and information on access to other services.   4.1.8 Advocating for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse within legal and other protection services.  4.2 To promote equality and diversity by:  4.2.1 Upholding and promoting the rights of all women, children and young 		people who are or have experienced domestic abuse in the belief that violence against women, is symptomatic of wider structural inequalities in society.   4.2.2 Educating the public, awareness raising and training the media, education, police, NHS and other agencies about the dynamics of domestic abuse.   4.2.3 Encouraging research into the causes, prevention, 	long-term impact and relief of victims of domestic abuse.  4.2.4 Providing opportunities for women, children and young people to shape 		the development of services, policy and practice.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** North Lanarkshire
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






