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Meath Women’s Refuge & Support Services

County: Meath
Tel: 046 9022393
Helpline: 046 9022393
Fax: 046 9072739
Email: mwrefuge@eircom.net
Website: www.womensaidmeath.ie
Access Hours: 24 hour service, 365 days

Ethos/Main Aim:

• To provide a place of safety and development to women and children suffering mental, emotional, physical and sexual or any other forms of abuse.
• To ensure confidentiality is observed by all persons frequenting the refuge, this includes all workers and regular visitors
• To recognise and care for the physical, emotional and educational development needs of the children who attend the service.
• To respect and where necessary foster the parent/child relationship.
• To offer support and information to any person in relation to violence against women whether or not they are in a refuge.

Brief Description of Refuge/Support Service:

Meath Women’s Refuge & Support Services has 20 bed spaces, residential kitchen, dining room, sitting room, arts & craft room, fully equipped playroom staffed by childcare team and a smaller playroom supervised by mothers. There is also an outside safety play area, laundry room and large meeting room, various staff offices and a staff kitchen.

Main Services Provided:

• Emergency Accommodation
• Transitional Housing
• Support & Information
• Counselling
• Court Accompaniment
• Children Services
• Outreach Services
• Aftercare
• Telephone Helpline