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Women's Aid South Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC041781
Status
Active
Registered
Sept. 16, 2010
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
3rd Floor Edinburgh House
20 Princes Square
East Kilbride
G74 1L J

Contact

Activities

'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'

To provide support to women, children and young people who have experienced or are in fear of domestic abuse through refuge, outreach and CYP support. This is achieved through drop in support, telephone support, one-to one-support. groupwork and refuge accommodation.

Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'

Objectives: a) To support women children and young people who have experienced or are in fear of domestic abuse 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 these women, children and young people to make choices for their future. (iv) liaising with other services, including the police, and advocating for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse within legal and other protection services. b) The advancement of education by: (i) raising awareness of the effects of domestic abuse with the public and with young people in particular. (ii) providing opportunities for women, children and young people to shape the development of services, policy and practice at strategic level. c) The promotion of equality and diversity by upholding and promoting the rights of all women, children and young people regardless of ethnicity, religion or cultural background, who have experienced 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
South Lanarkshire
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £2,029,044 £2,040,045 51
March 31, 2024 £2,082,690 £2,104,971 49
March 31, 2023 £1,953,982 £1,761,667 42
March 31, 2022 £1,684,301 £1,611,581 42
March 31, 2021 £1,777,189 £1,672,452 37