Cyfannol Women's Aid

Women's Aid Federation of England, commonly called "Women's Aid" within England is one of a group of charities across the United Kingdom. There are four main Women's Aid Federations, one for each of the countries of the United Kingdom. Its aim is to end domestic violence against women and children.

Torfaen Women's Aid and Women's Aid in Monmouthshire was merged in 2015, the organisation has been renamed to Cyfannol Women's aid. These organisations has over 80 years of expertise in Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, this merge only strengthens the service and provision across Gwent.

Director of Cyfannol Women's Aid, Helen Swain, said:

"Cyfannol, meaning 'holistic and integrated' describes our approach to managing the services well. All current services operating in Gwent will continue as normal, but the organisation will continue to grow and develop its services to better meet the needs of the clients we support. In the near future Cyfannol Women's Aid will launch its new website and marketing materials, begin operating a 24/7 staffed refuge, and open the door to our new dispersed refuge unit and move on accommodation".

The merge coincides with new funding for the organisation to launch a Gwent wide counselling service to adults survivors of of childhood sexual abuse, funded by the home office (via Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner) For more information please contact Emma or Dawn on 01495 742052

The organisation will be recruiting on the very near future for front line and management positions. These advertised on their current websites and on Recruit 3.

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!!!

The Recovery Toolkit. A new life... free of abuse.

Cyfannol Women's Aid recognises the efforts of a women has made to keep both her and her family safe, but whilst these strategies have been useful to enable her to recover, these may not be helpful for her to develop a new life free of abuse. However, once out of an abusive relationship, may find the hardest part of recovery is dealing with the lasting effects of the psychological distress.

Often, the psychological effects reveal themselves in how a woman perceives herself, her level of self esteem and in how she deals with emotional pain, as drugs or alcohol can be used to numb this pain. Her parenting skills and level of trust as well as boundaries may not be respectful.

Everyone is entitled to respect and is no way responsible for any abuse they have received.

They can help with things such as:

- What is abuse? - Identifying the cycle of abuse and how it manifests

- Self Esteem - Exploring the bill of rights and looking at positive self esteem

- Coping and the consequences of our mental health - looking at how a woman will keep her and her family safe and how this impacts on her mental health and looking at relaxation techniques

- The effects of child abuse on children and our parenting - Discuss the effects that abuse upon a child and how this can sabotage the parenting relationship and how this changes the relationship. Look at ways relationships can be improved and implementing boundaries.

- Self Esteem and affirmations, the power of positive self talk - Looking at how negative thinking leads to low self-belief and explain how positive affirmations work.

- Anger and Conflict-what about being assertive? -Examine the behavior of assertiveness , passiveness and anger. Look at being assertive and making changes towards this.

I really helps someone out there, thank you for reading and REMEMBER TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!!!