Safe Ireland Members in Dublin
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Aoibhneas Domestic Abuse Support for Women and Children
Aoibhneas Domestic Abuse Support for Women and Children
County: Dublin
Tel: 01 867 0805 (admin line)
Helpline: 1800 767767 (24 hour service)
Text: 086 413 6979
Fax: 01 867 0806
Email: helpline@aoibhneas.org
Website: www.aoibhneas.ie
Access Hours: 24 hour service, open 365 days
Ethos/Main Aims of Organisation:
Aoibhneas Women’s Refuge is committed to providing secure crisis accommodation, relevant information, emotional support, Counselling and an outreach service to all women and children residents and callers to the helpline as required. The refuge promotes a philosophy of empowerment, unconditional respect, sensitivity and strict confidentiality viv a vis both residents and callers at all times.
The refuge houses 10 purpose-built family units with their own kitchen and bathroom; a children’s playroom; a large kitchen and dining area and a communal lounge.
Services currently available at the refuge include the provision of emotional support; advice on practical considerations such as legal, housing and welfare issues; referrals to outside agencies; and Counselling from qualified and accredited practitioners. Aoibhneas also employs an outreach worker to provide support to women and their children once they move on from refuge.
Services Provided:
- Emergency Accommodation/24 Hour Refuge
- Information
- Emotional Support
- Safety Supports
- Practical Support
- Child Related supports
- Court and Other Accompaniment
- Advocacy
- Counselling and Referral
- Outreach and Aftercare Services
- Children Services
- 24 hour Helpline
Inchicore Outreach Centre
Inchicore Outreach Centre
County: Dublin
Tel: 01 454 5239
Email: inchicoreoutreach@frcsme.ie
Access Hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday
Main Services Provided:
- Information
- Emotional Support
- Safety Supports
- Practical Support
- Court and Other Accompaniment
- Advocacy
- Referral
- Outreach
- Support Groups
Saoirse Domestic Violence Services
Saoirse Domestic Violence Services
County: Dublin (Tallaght and Rathcoole)
Admin Tel: 01 – 4630400
Helpline: 01 463 0000 (24 hours)
Fax: 01 4523627
Email: helpline@saoirsewomensrefuge.ie
Website: www.sdvs
Access Hours: 24 hour service, open 365 days
Ethos/Main Aim:
To provide emergency accommodation and a local specialist information service to women who experience domestic violence. To build a purpose designed women’s refuge for Dublin South West.
Main Services Provided:
- Emergency Accommodation/24 hour Refuge
- Information
- Emotional Support
- Safety Supports
- Practical Support
- Child Related supports
- Court and Other Accompaniment
- Advocacy
- Counselling and Referral
- Aftercare
- Outreach
- 24 hour Helpline
- Childrens Services
Sonas Domestic Abuse
Sonas Domestic Abuse
Sonas offers support, refuge and housing to women and children made homeless because of domestic and gender-based violence.
The Sonas mission statement is:
….to provide high quality housing support and refuge services to women and children affected by domestic violence, empowering them to regain control over all aspects of their lives.
Ethos /Main Aims of organisation:
- Maximise women and children’s safety
- Empower women to move from crisis to safety and independence through the provision of quality services
- Advocate for the rights of women and children at an individual, institutional and policy level
- Provide a woman- and child-centred approach that recognises the diverse needs and experieinces of service users
- Apply an evidence-based and outcome-focused approach to all elements of our work.
The main areas of support are the following:
- Dealing with the aftermath of domestic violence
- Risk assessment and safety planning
- Building self-confidence and assertiveness
- Addiction issues
- Mental and physical health
- General well being and personal development
- Education and employment
- Advocacy
- Housing and tenancy sustainment
- Finance
- Help with legal issues, i.e. barring orders
- Accompaniment, i.e. to courts, health professionals, etc
- Information on social welfare entitlements
Services Provided by Sonas Domestic Violence Charity:
- Supported Housing
- Children’s Services
- Court Accompaniment
- Refuge / Emergency Accommodation
- Outreach
- Visiting Support Service
- Housing Management
The contact details for Sonas Domestic Violence Charity are:
- 5 Aston Quay, Dublin 2 – 01 671 8092 / info@sonasdomesticabuse.ie / www.domesticabuse.ie
The contact details for Sonas Refuge are:
01 8662015 and the email is refuge@sonasdomesticabuse.ie
For Advice, Outreach and Court Accompaniment, contact 087 952 5217
Women’s Aid
Women’s Aid
County: Dublin
Tel: 01 678 8858
Helpline: 1800 341 900 (24 hours, 7 days a week, including Christmas Day)
Email: helpline@womensaid.ie
Website: www.womensaid.ie
Access Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Ethos/Main Aims of Organisation:
Women’s Aid provides direct support services and information to women experiencing male violence and abuse. This work underpins and informs all other goals and actions of the organisation. We are also a feminist, political and campaigning organisation committed to the elimination of violence and abuse of women through effecting political, cultural and social change. Women’s Aid works from the principles of empowerment, collective action, self-help and mutual aid, inclusion and equality. Women’s Aid recognises the diversity of women’s lives and aims to be accessible to all women.
Services Provided:
- National Freephone Helpline, open 24/7 including Christmas Day: free, confidential service accessible throughout Ireland
- Information
- Emotional Support
- Safety Supports
- Practical Support
- Child Related supports
- Referral
- Court and Other Accompaniment
- Text and fax service available to deaf women, Text: 087 959 7980 (strictly for text use by deaf women) Fax: 01 868 4721
- Outreach
- Training for Statutory and Voluntary Agencies
- Awareness Raising
