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A Mile a Day in May is a collaboration between Clwyd Alyn Women's aid and our sister charities working to end violence against women and girls in Wales. Choose to walk, wheel, run, cycle, swim or even hop your way through the challenge for Clwyd Alyn Women's aid. A Mile a Day in May, your own way. Like many charities, we are struggling to survive in this challenging financial climate. In working together by sharing this challenge and our resources, our collective ability to raise funds and awareness is boosted during this tough time. We need your support more than ever. Please support Clwyd Alyn Women's aid and take part in this challenge, to help achieve a change that lasts. No-one should face any form of violence against women, and we need strong and sustainable services to have any chance of making it stop.
Clwyd Alyn Women’s Aid (CAWA) is a key part of Clwyd Alyn’s Supported Living offer, CAWA is confidential service, that promotes the values of hope, kindness, and trust, for individuals who have been subjected to domestic abuse. CAWA aims to improve and enhance lives of survivors, by responding to the needs, wants and wishes by providing informed, confidential person-centred, trauma informed, emotional and practical specialist support addressing inequality and supporting vulnerable people within our communities.
The service currently offers:
• Professional short-term counselling with a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registered counsellor (BACP)• Access to a Specialist Mental Health Domestic Abuse officer • Children and Young People’s service (CYP) • Crisis intervention support • Outreach and Community Support •Immediate Triage • Floating support• Communal and self-contained refuge safe house provisions• A drop-in service• Signposting to external specialist services • Out of hours emergency on call service• Recovery programmes including Freedom Programme, STAR, Own My Life, DART, Space and Hope2recovery.
For the year ending March 2024, the below data highlights key figures CAWA have delivered in support services across the year to those affected by domestic abuse:
39 individuals sought protection through Refuge's safe house provisions.
407 individuals accessed outreach and community support services.
303 children and young people benefited from specialist domestic abuse support programs.
"We recently received some feedback from one of our clients leaving Refuge safe house provision, and we're excited to share this as a reflection of our commitment to excellence in serving our clients."
Client feedback:
CAWA has truly set the bar high when it comes to their support. What I appreciate most is their commitment to always providing quick, effective solutions with a friendly and professional approach. The team is always responsive, knowledgeable, and always goes the extra mile. Whether it's resolving an issue or simply offering support, advice and guidance, they consistently make interactions easy and stress-free. It's refreshing to see a service that genuinely cares about its users and delivers excellence in everything they do. I just want to say thank you. Your support, kindness, and just being there for me means so much, and I truly appreciate everything you've done. Thank you for making a difference and for being such a positive presence. Xx
Thank you so much for supporting A Mile a Day in May for CAWA ClwydAlyn Women's aid. Your support is very important to us and allows us to continue working towards our goal of ending domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women. If you would like any more information about what we do, then please visit https://www.clwydalyn.co.uk/clwydalyn-womens-aid
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