# West Lothian Women&#x27;s Aid SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC046887
- **Known as:** WLWA
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Oct. 7, 2016
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC046887


## Contact

- **Address:** 92 Ivanhoe Rise, Livingston, West Lothian
- **Postcode:** EH54 6HZ
- **Website:** www.westlothianwomensaid.com



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes&#x27;

**What the charity does:** West Lothian Women&#x27;s Aid provide information, support and practical assistance to women and children who are experiencing domestic across West Lothian. We provide a range of trauma informed services including safe accommodation, specialist support and advocacy, individual and group support alongside specialist support and holiday activity programmes for Children and Young People who have experienced domestic abuse. We also offer an educational and preventative programme within schools.

**Objectives:** 4.1  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 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. 4.2 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. 4.3  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.





## Areas of operation

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






