Safe Ireland members in Meath
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Meath Women’s Refuge & Support Services
Meath Women’s Refuge & Support Services
County: Meath
Tel/Helpline: 046 9022393
Website: www.dvservicesmeath.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 bedroom accommodation, 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/24 hour Refuge
- Information
- Emotional Supports
- Safety Supports
- Practical Supports
- Child Related Supports
- Counselling
- Court and Other Accompaniment
- Advocacy
- Counselling and Referral
- Aftercare
- Outreach Services
- 24 Hour Helpline
- Children Services/ Children’s Programme
- Play Therapy, Art Therapy and Music Therapy
