SAY Women

Constitutional objectives

2. In furtherance of its objects the Company will take reasonable steps to carry out the following activities:- (a) To provide a flexible range of services to young women who have been sexually abused and are/or at risk of homelessness. (b) To provide safe, secure and supportive medium term stay accommodation for young women who have been sexually abused and are aged between 16 and 25 at time of access. (c) To provide the information, counselling and support to help the young women to help themselves to recover, accept and enhance such young women’s life’s circumstances. (d) To act in an advocacy capacity representing the interests of sexually abused young women and liaise with all appropriate statutory and voluntary organisations. (e) To investigate the needs of such young women and develop services either by the Company itself or in partnership with others. (f) To campaign to make the real extent of men’s violence against women and girls and sexual abuse widely recognised and for suitable services to be provided. (g) To encourage statutory authorities and other agencies to recognise their objectives, legal and otherwise, towards men’s violence against women and girls and sexually abused young women and to act accordingly towards the prevention of abuse and relief of suffering. (h) To assist the work of voluntary organisations and statutory organisations engaged in the provision and improvements of any service which would be beneficial to the objects of the Company.