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THE HISTORY OF GLOSSOP WOMEN'S AID

We are a voluntary organisation established in 1979 and a registered charity, number 509846.

Our refuge was set up in 1983; the building is leased from High Peak Borough Council.

The aim of this service is to offer refuge accommodation to women and their children who decide they need to leave their home and seek a safe place due to the domestic abuse they have experienced. We offer support to our residents during their stay. They will decide what they wish to do – this will vary – some may wish to return home with legal protection, others may want to be re-housed away from the abusive situation they have experienced. Others may want a breathing space and then return home or move on to another area.

Our refuge has space for five families. We will take families and single women. A person can stay a few days or several months. We have house rules to ensure residents safety and security. We have one full time and one part time Refuge Support worker. They meet with the women to do a risk assessment – to assess the areas they need to look at together to ensure as much as possible that they are safe. Also a needs assessment will be completed and an individual support plan discussed on a regular basis. This is to structure the support we offer and to ensure we are offering the support a woman needs.

When residents leave the refuge we can offer support through our Floating Support service to continue to support a family when they are living in the local community.

Over half of our refuge residents are children and they too have experienced the effects of domestic abuse. Our children’s service is there to support them and their mother.

We have an out of hours contact number and several staff have the out of hours phone on a rota basis. Refuge residents can contact our out of hours mobile via a free phone line from the refuge. The number is also given to Derbyshire Police and Derbyshire Emergency Duty Social Services

Our refuge service is funded by Derbyshire Supporting People. The children’s services are funded by Derbyshire County Council Children and Young Adults department. The upkeep and maintenance of the refuge is mostly funded by Housing Benefit.

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