Vision,Mission and Values

Vision

Women’s Aid ABCLN is working towards a society where domestic abuse will not be tolerated and women and children can live free from the threat of violence.

Object & Aims

The purpose of Women’s Aid ABCLN is to provide a holistic service to women and children impacted by all forms of domestic abuse; to educate, challenge and co-operate with external agencies and the wider community with a vision to eradicate domestic abuse.

Our Aims

To provide services and temporary refuge to women and children experiencing domestic abuse, be that emotional, physical, financial, verbal or sexual abuse
To empower and enable women to determine their own future.
To recognise, respond and care for the emotional needs of children and young people.
To offer support and guidance to any woman who requests it, both in refuge and in her own community.
To educate, inform and challenge the public, the media, police, courts, social services and other authorities about the prevalence and effects of domestic abuse. We will always be mindful that domestic abuse is a direct result of the general position of women in our society and perpetrators’ decisions to meet their own needs without negotiation because they believe that they are entitled to.

Domestic abuse is a breach of human rights.

Ethos & Core Values

We operate within an ethos of empowerment with women and children. This enables women to shape their futures and make informed choices for themselves and their children. We are guided by a framework of equality and diversity.

Our core values - to respond with EMPATHY, COMPASSION and a NON-JUDGEMENTAL approach, are underpinned by a deep determination to work with all women to end domestic abuse.

Management Board

We are governed by a voluntary Management Board which is responsible for strategic planning and decision making, financial governance and probity, and employment responsibility for all staff.

Members of the Management Board are proposed at the Annual General Meeting. Office bearers are elected at the first Management Board meeting following the Annual General Meeting. Board members receive specialist training to assist them to fulfil their roles in relation to governance of the organisation.

Senior Management Team

The day-to-day management and operation of the organisation is carried out by a staff team, led by the CEO and Senior Management Team who report to the Management Board.

CEO – Gillian Creevy

Director of Services – Fran O’Boyle

Director of Finance Manager – Karen McConkey

Director of Income Generation and Communications – Arlene Creighton

Articles of Association

Women’s Aid ABCLN is governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association

Annual Reports

Fundraising Regulator

Women's Aid ABCLN is registered with the Fundraising Regulator demonstrating our commitment to good fundraising practice and to follow the Code of Fundraising Practice.

Registered Charity and

Company Limited by Guarantee

Women’s Aid Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey is a charity registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC105905 and a company limited by guarantee NI054434.