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AFRICAN WOMEN AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Registered

  • Charity no. 110891
  • Date registered. 14/10/2025

Public benefits

What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes? • Women experiencing domestic violence receive advice, advocacy, and practical support. • Increased safety, wellbeing, and empowerment for survivors. • Improved awareness of domestic violence as a crime within communities. • Better access to housing, legal advice, and

counselling for vulnerable women. How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated? • Records of the number of women supported through advice sessions, workshops, and referrals. • Feedback and testimonials from beneficiaries. • Monitoring outcomes such as improved safety, employment, or housing stability. • Reports on awareness campaigns and community engagement activities. Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes? • No harm arises from the charity’s purposes. • Some women may experience short-term emotional distress when discussing abuse, but the charity minimises this risk through trained staff, safeguarding policies, and referrals to professional counselling. Who are the charity's beneficiaries? • Women who are victims of domestic violence, particularly immigrant women from less developed countries. • All women in the local community who need support to escape or recover from abuse. • Indirect beneficiaries include children and families who gain safer and more stable home environments. Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? • The only private benefit is the training trustees, volunteers, and staff may receive (e.g., safeguarding or advocacy training). • This is incidental and necessary to ensure the charity delivers its services safely and effectively.

What your organisation does

By Providing advice, advocacy, and support services to women experiencing domestic violence. • Running workshops and awareness programmes to educate communities about domestic violence and women’s rights. • Offering culturally sensitive services for immigrant women, including signposting to housing, legal, and counselling support. • Empowering

women through skills training, education, and volunteering opportunities to build independence. • Working with other organisations and agencies to improve access to protection and justice for vulnerable women. All services will be free and open to all women, ensuring a clear public benefit by promoting safety, equality, and empowerment.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • 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)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • General public

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Community development

Charitable purposes

1. To relieve the needs of women who are victims of domestic violence, particularly but not exclusively immigrant women from less developed countries, by providing: - Advice, support, and advocacy - Access to safe spaces and signposting to specialist services - Educational workshops to raise awareness of domestic violence and women’s rights - Community outreach to promote equality and prevent abuse 2. To advance education among women and communities about the effects of domestic violence and the importance of healthy relationships. 3. To promote equality and diversity by working to eliminate discrimination against women, ensuring that women from all backgrounds have equal access to protection, justice, and opportunities.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 2 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Esther Lule
  • Miss Lydia Kisembo Kanyunyuzi

Contact details

Public Address

Esther, 84 Paisley Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 9AH

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland

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