Bawso

Wales

Registered Charity No. 1084854. Company No. 3152590.

Summary of aims & objectives:

Bawso delivers specialist services to people from Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) backgrounds. Bawso’s aims are:

1. To provide generic and specialist services including the provision of temporary accommodation in Wales for those suffering from domestic abuse and all forms of violence;
2. To provide support and services with the intention of empowering service users to define and establish fulfilling and sustainable livelihoods;
3. To provide support, advocacy and training to enable service users to develop their aptitudes and realise their potential; and
4. To raise awareness among the general public of the unacceptable nature of violence in all its forms, and of the needs of those who experience it.

Services:

1. Women

• Refuge
• Safe House
• Floating Support
• Outreach & Resettlement
• Human Trafficking- Diogel Project
• Female Genital Mutilation

2. Children and Young People

3. Men

• Floating Support
• Independent Domestic Violence Advocate Project (IDVA)

4. Partnership Services

• One Stop Service
• Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA )
• Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS)

5. Support Services

• Research and Information Development
• Training Services
• Language Services
• Volunteering Programme

Referrals:

Support can be accessed through self-referrals by contacting Bawso directly, through any other person, or through a referral from other professionals. To apply or make a referral, please contact the 24 hour helpline: 0800 7318147 or contact Bawso’s offices (see below).

Contact:

Cardiff offices:

Bawso, Clarence House, Clarence Road, Cardiff CF10 5FB
Tel: 02920 644633

Fax: 02920 644588
Email: [email protected]

(There are also offices in Merthyr, Newport, Swansea, Wrexham)

General Inquiry:

Email: [email protected]

24Hr Helpline: 0800-731 8147

Website: www.bawso.org.uk

Social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn @Bawso