03.17.2020

Due to the spread of coronavirus, we're taking precautionary measures and suspending the drop in until further notice. Please feel free to use our number to contact us for any advice or help between 9pm - 5pm Monday - Friday. 

03.16.2020

We are so grateful that North West Casual Classics car club have adopted us as their charity of the year! Our chief officer Sally went out to see them at their monthly meeting last week and was overwhelmed with their kindness and generosity

03.16.2020

We are very proud to say we have been awarded this 'Highly Commended' certificate from the Cheshire Community Fund at a lovely event last week which our Chief Officer Sally attended. Thank you to everyone there for this lovely acknowledgement. 

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03.08.2020

In the run up to International Women’s Day it’s been a busy week for our Chief Officer Sally.

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First up a lovely event at Asda Warrington. Representatives from charities and support services based in Warrington gathered together to share what they do, and to see how we can all help one another. It was a brilliant way to bring the community together, which can only benefit the most vulnerable in our society. 

Thank you for inviting us Asda! 

Secondly was a visit to First Response who are an expert security provider in Warrington. They requested Sally attend to provide awareness training for their staff to help them identify any vulnerable victims of domestic abuse they may come across during their work. They gave us a generous donation of over £100 which they had collected for us. Very much appreciated!

The third stop of the week was at an electronics company in Warrington called Flex. They have hosted a “Women in Work Week”, promoting women’s wellbeing in the workplace.  Sally went along and gave a presentation about what we do and the impact domestic abuse has. Afterwards staff at Flex very kindly donated lots of pamper products for the women in our refuge which was a lovely surprise.

 Sally is a qualified trainer and has years of experience working within domestic abuse services. If you would like to enquire about Sally visiting your place of work, please use the contact section of our website.

01.20.2020

We are only just recovering from what has been an amazing influx of donations over Christmas. The likes of which we have never seen before. The generosity of local people has amazed us and we wanted to let you know how much we as a staff team and our families who we support appreciated it all. 

We also wanted to keep everyone updated on where their kind gifts went…

A lot went to the women and children as presents, but we received so much that we are going to be able to comfortably supply families with items throughout the beginning of this year. 

A staff member from Eddie Stobart kindly donated vouchers for the women to spend on what they would like. These vouchers will be used for things like school uniforms and shoes also. 

To those who donated via our Just Giving page, this was extremely appreciated too. The money raised from these donations will be spent on days out for the families, gym passes for our women, garden play equipment for the children and some new soft furnishings to make our bedrooms that bit more cosier. 

We already have one day out planned and are looking to book somewhere else to visit over Easter too. 

So thank you everyone who helped us out over Christmas. It was overwhelmingly wonderful. 

12.03.2019

The drop in will be closed for two weeks from Tuesday 24th December. The next drop in after this will be Tuesday 7th January 2020. 
We can be contacted on 01925 417138 Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm or you can ring 0808 2000 247 for round the clock advice from the National Domestic Violence Helpline.

03.20.2019

Our new drop in service is up and running. Please pop by for a chat if you worried about anything in your relationships. 

12.20.2018

Thank you to everyone who has donated to us in the run up to Christmas. We have been overwhelmed by peoples kindness and generosity. If you still want to give to our charity, please use the link to our Just Giving page. 

12.04.2018

Yesterday we set ourselves up in the huge Amazon warehouse in Warrington. Up to 2,600 people work there and we were there to raise awareness of our services, and others in Warrington, which support victims and survivors of domestic abuse. We met and chatted with some lovely people and wish to thank those that donated to our cause. Hopefully we’ll be back in the New Year to provide more support and training to the staff at Amazon. Thanks for having us!

12.03.2018

The kids are in for a treat this Christmas! All these wonderful brand new toys have been donated by various people in the community. The kindness of strangers never fails to surprise us. Thank you everyone. If you are still looking to donate to us at Christmas here is what we need..... 

For the children: 

Donations to our Just Giving page for some new outdoor play equipment. 

Craft supplies: Paper, tissue paper, card, modelling clay, glitter, ova glue, poster paints, paint brushes, stickers, felt. 

Brand new toys for children under 1 years old

Brand new toys for children over 9 years old 

Nappies and baby wipes

For the clients: 

New PJ’s and underwear in small sizes - sizes 6 - 10 

DVDs and books 

Arts and crafts items 

Thank you to everyone. X

11.26.2018

On Monday 26th November we set up a stall in The Gateway in Warrington to raise awareness for The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We were joined by Refuge and had information on their services alongside ours and the White Ribbon campaign. We met some lovely people and raised some awareness of all our services. 

We are currently planning more of these type of events so keep an eye on our website for more details to come. 

11.25.2018

On Sunday 25th November our Chief Officer Sally took part in the Dead Women Walking march in Manchester. A peaceful and creative march to remember and represent the women murdered in the UK by partners, ex-partners, family members ie: domestic violence murders. The march aims to raise awareness of the women behind the statistics of domestic violence murders. It was an emotional and powerful day. 

11.16.2018

Some fantastic people over at Hewlett Packard have been into the refuge and performed an amazing makeover in a day. 41 members of staff from HP came and revamped, not only the large living room, but the garden too. The living room now looks stunning with new curtains, new paint job, sofas and some lovely art work and accessories. The garden furniture and fences have all been mended and painted and lots of spring bulbs have been planted. We cannot thank the staff at HP enough. Wonderful people the lot of them!

09.26.2018

It is our 40th Anniversary this year, so we took the opportunity to celebrate that by gathering all our community colleagues and supporters together at Warrington Town Hall. It was a lovely afternoon and a great chance to thank everyone for their help and support. Thank you to all who attended and to the following companies for donating prizes to our raffle: 

Nandos

The Body Shop 

Warrington Wolves

Lisa Ellis Hair and Beauty

The Entertainer

Marks and Spencers 

Las Ramblas

The Hayloft 

05.03.2018

At our refuge we have a large room designated specifically for providing support to children coming into the service. Our Children’s Support Worker uses this room to run therapeutic play sessions for the children and to provide support to our families. The room was in need of a renovation having not been decorated in some time and over the last few months big changes have been made.

Our dedicated Children’s Support Worker has worked hard on making the changes with the children in mind. Support sessions are much more focused, due to the space being organised and clearly defined. The room has specifically been designed and the items selected to ensure they all have a support meaning to them. This is apparent in the work that the children are completing, that they are exploring themselves and their therapy sessions can only benefit from these positive changes. 

The room will continue to be a safe space for children and young people to access to receive support and we at Warrington Women’s Aid are very proud of this!

Our Children's Support Worker had these words of thanks: 

“It is also important to recognise the support that has been offered and provided through this process. The room has undergone a massive transformation for which I, as the Children’s Support Worker, am truly grateful for. It is not only an incredible new workspace but it has gone above and beyond providing the children and young people with a comfortable, meaningful, purposeful and safe space to undergo support work, which can be difficult for them to process. The room has already enabled some children to experience results and hopefully this will continue. Due to this, it is important to recognise and thank everyone who has agreed to the room being completed, who donated, supported, and helped in any way to the development of the room. It is truly appreciated and we are incredibly thankful. It could not have been achieved or completed without the support of everyone.”

A special thank you also needs to be provided to: 

Our fabulous team of staff at the refuge.

The trustees at Warrington Women’s Aid for continued support and enabling the development of the room to go ahead. 

Community Repaint for the donation of the paint. They are based at Changing Lives at the Cockhedge Centre, Warrington and were not only kind enough to donate the paint but deliver it free of charge too! 

Women’s Institute for donating a throw for the sofa, providing puppets and toys for the children and pledging their ongoing support. 

Thank you all so much!

03.28.2018

Thank you for logging on to our new website!

We have lots of exciting things coming up to share with you so keep checking out what we have been up to.

WWA will use this page to talk about some of the services we offer, the campaigns we are a part of and some national news related to Domestic Abuse.