Supporting our members
Who are members of Women’s Aid?
Member services of Women’s Aid provide specialist, direct domestic abuse services to women and children, and make up a united federation of over 180 domestic abuse services across England, speaking with one voice on the issues that concern us all. Together we make real change in the responses to domestic abuse in law and service provision, and the promotion of healthy relationships in local communities.
All of our members are integral to our work, and enables us to use our expertise, knowledge and influence to raise the status of women to a level where abuse against them is no longer legitimised or tolerated.
We support our members by providing:
Quality
- National Quality Standards – An accreditation framework which provides a quality benchmark for all domestic abuse services
- Our bespoke case management system OnTrack
- Specialist bespoke training and 10% National Training Centre discount
- Online Members’ Area, with template policies, documents and toolkits
Sustainability
- Sustainability support – To support services with commissioning and resilience
- Access to grants and bursaries provided through Women’s Aid
- A discount on Routes to Support – the UK-wide online database for domestic abuse services
- Listing their online fundrasing page on our website
- Discount on our online JobShop
Support for Survivors
- Access to refer to No Woman Turned Away – dedicated support and telephone advocacy for survivors facing barriers
- Access to gift in kind donations provided through Women’s Aid
- Travel to Refuge – providing free travel to refuge for survivors
Solidarity
- Adding their voices to our campaigns to influence policy and law
- Exclusive newsletters, and online CEO forum
- Peer support through regional and national events
- Sharing our Domestic Abuse Directory on their websites
- Access to Find a Feminist Freelancer – a bespoke consultant directory for the sector
