Our Mission

Mission Statement

“To eliminate domestic violence in the community by working for, and with all women and children affected by domestic violence, to ensure their voices are heard and their needs met.”

Core Aims

• To provide temporary refuge to women and their children suffering mental, physical or sexual abuse within the home.
• To encourage the women to take control of her own future, whether this involves returning home or beginning an independent life.
• To recognise and care for the emotional needs of the children and young people involved.To offer support and advice to any woman who asks for it, whether or not she is living in a refuge and to offer supportive aftercare to women leaving the refuge.
• To educate and inform the public, the media, the courts, social services and other agencies, always mindful of the fact that the abuse of women is a direct result of the general position of women in our society.