Women's Aid OrkneyRegistered

The objects of which the Groups is established are to educate the public on the subject of domestic violence and abuse and to develop services to relieve the suffering due to domestic abuse, and in furtherance thereof:- a) To provide temporary refuge for women and their children (if any)where the women have suffered abuse (mental, physical or sexual) in their home or within a relationship with a partner or family. b) To offer support, information and help to any woman and their childres (if any) who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residence and also to offer support and information to any woman and children who have left temporary refuge. c) To encourage women to determine their own futures d) To work with housing agencies to encourage the provision of permanent housing for abused women and their children (if any)