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WWA Report-Accounts V2 ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 Story ofsupported One Womanby Women's Aid... I was not allowed to visit family or friends from very early on in my marriage.“ I was not allowed to work.At home at his beck and call. Nothing was ever right. Found fault with everything ” This document was produced with kind sponsorship from Unity Trust Bank, Unison,Amicus, PCS and the T&GWU 38-48 Crwys Road, Cardiff , CF24 4NN T: (02920) 390 874 F: (02920) 390 878 www.welshwomensaid.org Welsh Women’s Aid is the national umbrella organisation representing local Women’s Aid groups in Wales. Our 34 member groups provide direct women-centred support in the community and in refuge to thousands of women and children who have or who are experiencing domestic abuse.Welsh Women’s Aid provides specialist training support to member groups on housing, legal and children’s issues and lobbies and campaigns on their behalf at a national level. Welsh Women’s Aid also manages the Wales Domestic Abuse helpline.The helpline is a gender-neutral information and support service for people and children experiencing abuse and individuals and organisations who want to know more about domestic abuse support services in Wales.The gender-neutral service reflects the gender-neutral definition of domestic abuse adopted by the Welsh Assembly Government in the All Wales National Strategy on Tackling Domestic Abuse - although 93% of calls to the helpline last year were from women. Llinell Gymorth Camdriniaeth yn y Cartref Cymru Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline Yn ddyddiol, 8am i 2pm a 8pm i 2am, daily www.wdah.org Story ofsupported One Womanby Women's Aid... One daughter. I would never have brought a child into the world if I had known“ what she had to be put through. She was terrified of him ” Chair’s Report his year has been another of continuing change for Welsh Women’s Aid - a year of bedding down of the new Thierarchical structure and building on the developments of the previous two years.We have also welcomed a new Director and Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline Manager to the organisation. Our policies and procedures have been updated in line with legislation – in particular the development of policies reflecting the provisions of the National Service Framework for Children,Young People and Maternity Services in Wales.We are also commencing the process of seeking accreditation for our domestic abuse awareness training and exploring the potential for our becoming an Accredited Service Provider for some of our member groups. In a sad move our Rhyl office was closed and our office in Aberystwyth will also be closing in 2006.This will enable Lynne Sanders us to build up resources in the Cardiff office.We remain firmly committed to our Wales-wide remit but the closures were necessary as we had to reduce our overhead costs. Papers from the Rhyl and Aberystwyth offices have been Chair, deposited with the National Library through the Women’s Archive of Wales. In terms of partnership working we have aligned ourselves with other key organisations on issues of concern to Welsh Women’s Aid member groups – proposed legislation space standards in refuges and changes to supporting people tariffs being the most prominent examples. It has also been a year of change in the work environment of Women’s Aid with the increased emphasis on multi- agency information sharing through local community safety partnership domestic abuse forums.The forums are at the heart of the Welsh Assembly Government’s strategic vision of domestic abuse services in Wales, and it is important that our member groups are represented on them. I’d like to thank our member groups for supporting Welsh Women’s Aid through this period and for their continued commitment to provide vital support services to women and children. Our member groups are the best placed and most experienced providers of services to the women and children we support and empower.After nearly thirty years,Women’s Aid’s name in Wales continues to be trusted and valued and we now look forward to the national team supporting the strategic changes which will ensure the name is linked with quality and high standards in what remains a high risk environment. Director’s Report “2005 got off to an exciting start with the launch by the Welsh Assembly Government’s first ever All Wales National Strategy on Tackling Domestic Abuse in March.As the national umbrella organisation for Women’s Aid groups, the strategy is to be our guide and will provide the direction for our work in the field of support services for women and children experiencing domestic abuse in Wales. We welcome the provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, most of which are still to be implemented but which, symbolically, are a recognition by Parliament of the prevalence of domestic violence and the fact that 41% of all female homicide victims are killed by a partner or ex partner. Welsh Women’s Aid member groups are also glad to be represented on the multi-agency information sharing conferences on high risk domestic violence cases (MARACs) in the area of Wales where they have them. The MARACs increase the accountability of statutory agencies and have a proven track record of preventing women who are known to be experiencing severe physical violence from being murdered by their partners or ex-partners. As the devastating effects of domestic violence and abuse on families and wider society is taken increasingly seriously by statutory agencies, the role of Women’s Aid member groups continues to be central in the field of support services for women and children. With support from the Welsh Assembly Government, Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund, last year we were able to further develop our role by opening the first dedicated national Domestic Abuse Helpline for Wales which has since taken nearly 15,000 calls with around one in four callers wanting information on refuge accommodation from Elen Pierce Women’s Aid.We foresee that the Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline will be vital in underpinning the strategies of all other domestic abuse support services in Wales, especially if it is extended to provide a 24 hour service. Director, As ever,Welsh Women’s Aid’s representation on the Welsh Assembly Government’s Working Group on Domestic Violence is informed by the experiences of our member groups and the women and children they support, and Welsh Women’s Aid internal communication with our member groups has been given a boost this year with the allocation of funding to develop a member’s area to our website. We have also been able to roll out a service statistics package to our member groups which will allow us to collate data on the women and children using the services of our member groups - data which will inform policy development. The statutory sector is increasingly targeting perpetrators of domestic abuse and emphasising the safety of women and children experiencing abuse at the hands of someone close to them, and with nearly 30 years’ experience in providing women-centred support and empowerment,Women’s Aid continues to be at the forefront of refuge and outreach service provision for women and children. I would like to thank the Welsh Assembly Government for its continued support at this very important time for Welsh Women’s Aid’s.We start this next financial year, our second as a hierarchy, with new challenges and a very committed team.” Story ofsupported One Womanby Women's Aid... If we didn’t do what he wished we would be punished.We were made to sit“ for hours and hours and hours in a chair.We were not allowed to move or speak.We would look at each other my daughter and I and we couldn’t do anything or help each other ” 3 What is Domestic Abuse he terms ‘domestic abuse’ and ‘domestic violence’ are used interchangeably and describe Tthe actual or threatened physical, emotional, sexual and/or financial abuse of a woman by a partner, family member or someone with whom there is or has been a close relationship. The terms also relate to an abuser allowing or causing a child to witness, or be at risk of witnessing, domestic abuse and/or violence. Candles and exhibition at the Welsh Assembly Abusers do not abuse in response to stress or anger and an incident of abuse is rarely a one to mark White Ribbon off event. It describes an ongoing pattern of behaviour adopted by one partner, usually male, Day in an attempt to exert power and control over another partner, usually female.The abusive behaviour often involves isolating the woman from her friends and family. Domestic abuse is very common, with research showing that one in four women – regardless of age, social class, race, disability or lifestyle - will be affected during their lifetime. It can occur in heterosexual and same sex relationships. In Wales and England 41% of all female homicide victims were killed by a former or current partner between 2000 and 2001. Even though less than half of all incidents of domestic abuse are reported to the police, in the UK police still receive one call every minute about domestic abuse. Domestic Abuse and the Media omestic abuse is not caused by hot weather, losing a football match, pressure on family Dfinances, unemployment, drugs or alcohol – although all of these examples (and countless others) can ‘trigger’ an abusive incident. By blaming external factors for abuse – as in these headlines – the media can, inadvertently, excuse violence and perpetuate myths about the nature of domestic abuse.
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