North Ayrshire Women's Aid

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are: (1) To support women in need by reason of having been abused (mentally, physically, sexually or financially) by a person with whom the woman is or has been in a relationship and to support children and young people who have been affected by domestic abuse, by: (a) providing temporary refuge for such women and their children. and (b) offering support, information and help to women, children, and young people who ask for such help whether or not they are refuge residents, and also offering support and information to any women and children who have left a temporary refuge. (2) To promote equality for, and the participation of, women in society to enable them to determine their own futures. (3) To advance education by: (a) providing opportunities to meet the developmental and emotional needs of children and young people, particularly those resident in refuges, or women using the facilities and services provided by the company. (b) by informing and raising awareness in the community and its 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 and their obligations in acting to ensure its prevention (taking account of the fact that abuse (mental, physical, sexual and financial) is as a result of the position of women in society). (c) by encouraging research into the causes, prevention and relief of the abuse and the effects thereof on women, children and young people. and (d) by encouraging any training that furthers the objects of the company. (4) To promote, establish and/or support other similar projects and programmes which further charitable purposes.