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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£596.2K
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Spending
£668.4K
Public benefits
Safe temporary refuge accommodation which is accessible 24 hours a day, 356 day per year. Keeping women and their children safe and providing support to women and their children, both in Refuge and Floating Support women who choose to continue to live in the community, the opportunity to remain safe, receive support and information resulting in
obtaining court orders, establishing: permanent housing tenancies, financial stability, regain/maintain health and well-being, regain/maintain relationships with children and family members and improving employment and educational opportunities. Informing and educating other professionals, ensures that victims of domestic and sexual violence will receive a response that is empathetic and supportive when they reach out for help, protection and support. These benefits are evidenced through biannual focus groups with service users, questionnaires from all projects, weekly Refuge- House meetings. Partnership agreements/Service level agreements with statutory, community,voluntary agencies. Yearly awareness/training sessions- SE Trust – area (Ards&North Down) training for professionals - Domestic Violence - 1 day - Impact of Domestic Violence on Children – 1 day Ulster Hospital – Radiographers training– ½ day and -ED staff – ½ day -PSNI – Local Policing Team – awareness raising -PSNI – New Recruits – awareness raising - NIHE – local area staff – 3 hours – awareness raising Local Partner groups i.e. – Ards Sure Start staff – Domestic Violence training – ½ day -Bangor Sure Start staff – Domestic Violence training – ½ day - YMCA staff - 1/2 day Statistics for Refuge/Floating Support/Children's Services consistently meet/exceed funding targets and are over capacity. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes. The charity's beneficiaries are women and children who have experienced or who are experiencing domestic violence/abuse and sexual violence/abuse. There is no private benefit flowing from this purpose.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
NDAWA provides temporary refuge to women and their children suffering emotional, mental, physical or sexual abuse within their home; NDAWA encourages women to take control of their future, whether this involves returning home or beginning an independent life; NDAWA recognise and care for the emotional needs of the children involved; NDAWA offers
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; NDAWA seeks to educate and inform the public, the media, the courts, social services and other agencies, always mindful of the fact that abused women are a direct result of the general position of our society.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Homelessness
- Mental health
- Older people
- Victim support
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support
- Criminal justice
- Gender
- Human rights/equality
- Relief of poverty
