Clackmannanshire Women's Aid listen to you.
Come along when you want to talk - no appointment is necessary. Call 01259 721407.
We are a registered charity providing information, support and safe refuge accommodation to abused women and their children.
Abuse is any form of ill treatment - it may be emotional, sexual, physical or a combination of all three.
You do not have to leave your partner - you may not feel ready to do this. You can come along to talk to a Women's Aid worker as often as you wish. Workers know that having someone who will listen to you is beneficial.
Confidentiality
Any approach made to Women's Aid is confidential. We would only contact other agencies on your behalf, if you agreed, except where it was deemed a Child Protection matter.
Refuge (safe, temporary accommodation)
If you require temporary accommodation, we can provide refuge for yourself and your children. This accommodation can either be local or through referral to one of the other Women's Aid groups throughout Scotland. The choice is yours.
If you choose to stay in a refuge, our refuge based support workers will give you all the help you need to settle into refuge life. They will assist with appointments to housing, solicitors, registering with doctors etc. Most importantly they will offer a listening ear. Whatever you decide, women's aid workers will give you the help and support you require.
Children/young people
Support for your children is provided while they stay in the refuge. The children's support workers will assist children to adapt to their stay in refuge. Through consultation with mums and children, they organise 1 to 1 sessions, group work, outings and various arts and crafts etc. They will assist with enrolling children into the local schools, nurseries and family centres. Most importantly, they will listen to the children if they wish to talk about their experiences.
Outreach
We have two children and young person's outreach workers working within the 3 local secondary schools, and in a few of the primary schools. The workers support children and young people who are living or have lived with domestic abuse, whose mothers have not accessed Women's Aid.
On call
We provide a limited on-call service for emergencies over the weekend.
Drop-in
A fortnightly drop-in runs to allow women who have contact with us to get together and chat over tea or coffee. Jointly, we organise a programme of events that are of interest.
Awareness raising
We offer to give talks/training to various groups and agencies to highlight the effect of domestic abuse. We work in partnership with other agencies in developing an effective and co-ordinated service to women and their children, who have suffered or are suffering domestic abuse from their partner or ex-partner.
More information
For more information, please contact us using the details below. Our office hours are Monday to Friday 9.30 am - 4.00 pm.
You can also refer to the Scottish Women's Aid website.
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Contact information
For further information about this page please contact:
Clackmannanshire Women's Aid
Greenfield Lodge, Parkway, Alloa, FK10 2AF
Tel: 01259 721407
Email: womensaid@clacks.fslife.co.uk
