Donegal

Donegal Domestic Violence Services

County: Donegal
Tel: 074 9126267
Helpline: 1800 262677
Email: ddvsrefuge@gmail.com
Website: www.donegaldomesticviolenceservices.ie
Facebook: @DonegalDVS
Access Hours: 24 hour service, open 365 days

Ethos/Main Aims of Organisation:

Donegal Domestic Violence Services works to empower and support women to regain, reclaim and retain control of their lives and to live free from violence and abuse.

Services Provided:

• Emergency Accommodation/24 Refuge
• Information
• Emotional Support
• Safety Supports
• Practical Support
• Child Related supports
• Court and Other Accompaniment
• Advocacy
• Outreach Services
• Counselling and Referral
• Aftercare
• 24 hour Helpline
• Support Groups
• Awareness Training & Education Service

Note: The Awareness Team can provide training for professionals. We have a training programme for professionals, which aim to promote best practice among those who work with issues of domestic violence in both statutory and voluntary sector agencies.

LIFELINE Inishowen

County: Donegal
Tel: 074 93 73232
Email: info@ldvs.org
Website: www.ldvs.org/

Ethos/Main Aims of Organisation:

• Empowering and enabling women through offering support, not advice.
• Providing solidarity to women rather than charity.
• Providing respect and confidentiality to clients.
• Starting from where the woman is at.
• Working from a model of partnership.
• Offer a range of options for women and their children.
• Lobby for change in Policy.

Services Provided:

• Information
• Support and Advocacy
• Court Accompaniment
• Support Groups
• Outreach Services
• Counselling for women
• Counselling for Children
• Training for Volunteers/Service Providers
• Awareness Raising

Donegal Women’s Centre

County: Donegal
Tel: 074 912 4985
Email: womenscentrelkenny@eircom.net
Website: www.donegalwomenscentre.ie

Main Services Provided:

• Information
• Emotional Support
• Counselling
• Referral