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Domestic Violence Advocacy Service

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Sligo/Leitrim, Sligo, Sligo

Domestic Violence Advocacy Service

 

Domestic Violence Advocacy Service, Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan [DVAS] provide a specialist response to women experiencing coercive control and domestic violence. By supporting women to find a way out of violence and abuse, we are also helping children whose lives are severely affected by the childhood trauma of living with domestic violence. DVAS provide a helpline service, one to one support, an outreach service to rurally isolated women, court accompaniment and crisis accommodation.

 

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Every day in Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan, women and children experience their homes not as places of security and peace, but as places of intimidation, fear and abuse. DVAS was established to provide a specialist support, information and advocacy service to women living with coercive control , to support women to explore their options and begin to take takes towards freedom and safety.

You can support women and children by donating to DVAS.

Our commitment to you is that all money raised goes directly towards supporting women and children.

where your money goes

Money raised through donations enables DVAS to provide support to women experiencing domestic violence by:

-Providing emergency support to women who have been forced to leave their home with no money or income, no clothes, food or other essentials and nowhere to live. By providing access to crisis accommodation and passing vouchers and money on to women in this situation, DVAS are able to support them to continue on their journey to safety and to prevent a return to a violent and abusive partner

-Providing emergency funds for food and transport and other essentials to women who have no recourse to public funds. DVAS also provides subsidies to women with no income when they need to access solicitors, court and other essential appointments.

 

 

-Providing Helpline support to women at risk. By training and supporting Helpline volunteers, DVAS can ensure that the helpline service is provided for five full days a week.

 

-Developing and establishing support groups for women survivors of domestic violence.

 

-Running mass media, digital marketing and targeted awareness campaigns in Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan to reach out to those women who are too scared, ashamed or isolated to break the silence about the violence and abuse they are experiencing.

 

 

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Following your donation, you will receive a Gift Donation Certificate, which you can send to the person that you made the donation on behalf of, or print for yourself.

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