Scottish Women's Aid Limited

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are (a) To encourage the provision of temporary refuge for women and their children where the woman has been abused (mentally, physically and/or sexually) in her home or by a partner with whom she is or has been in a relationship or by a family member. Scottish Women's Aid provides a service for women whether or not they have children. (b) To offer support, information and help to women and their children who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residents and also to offer support and information to any woman and children who have left a temporary refuge. (c) To provide equal opportunities for, and participation of, women in society to enable them to determine their own futures. (d) To provide opportunites to meet the educational and emotional needs of children particularly those resident in refuges, of women using the services of Scottish Women's Aid. (e) To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recognise their obligations, legal and otherwise, towards women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse and to act accordingly towards the prevention of abuse and to provide help and support to women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. (f) To promote education and to inform the community and their representatives including the media, the police, the judicial system, the social services and other authorities with respect to the abuse of women and its prevention. (g) To encourage research into the causes, prevention and help required by women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. (h) To encourage such training both for the Company and others as will best meet the objects of Scottish Women's Aid (maximum text reached, further full information can be obtaned directly from the Charity)