supporting women against domestic violence
Women's centre - part of advance
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"...I was often asked why I stayed and my reply was I was too afraid. I am no longer afraid. It helps to have a great support system. When you allow your abuser to isolate you from friends and family, you believe you have no way out when thats not true. There is always help, and there is always a way out..."
ADVANCE Advocacy and ADVANCE Minerva aim to support women who are suffering through domestic and sexual abuse, homelessness, ill health, debt or any other problems.
ADVANCE Minerva project
: opened April 2010
ADVANCE was successful in bidding for this funding to develop a women’s centre in Hammersmith and Fulham and delivering outreach services in Brent. This service is the Minerva Project, Minerva was the Roman Goddess of Wisdom.
Download Project Leaflet
Please find the project leaflet below to download telling you more about the Minerva service and how you can refer.
This service is delivered to women offenders and those at risk of offending. The Minerva Project is designed to offer community based support to women at risk of offending by giving practical and emotional support across a range of issues.
The aims of the project
- To reduce women’s offending and re-offending.
- To influence decision-making by CJS partners positively to reduce the number of women given custodial sentences or remanded into custody and increase the number of women diverted from prosecution.
- To increase the number of women accessing and being sustained in appropriate community provision.
- To reduce the number of avoidable family breakdowns (specifically in relation to children)
Download Lessons Learned
The report below was written highlighting the lessons learned from the Together Women demonstrator projects, the model upon which Minerva will be base.
Download report here (word.doc 322kb)
LATEST ADVANCE MINERVA NEWS:
September 2011
Check out the Autum timetable for The Minverva Project.
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Provision for women offenders should
- Be women only spaces to foster safety and a sense of community, and enable staff to develop expertise in working with women;
Integrate offenders with non offenders so as to normalise women offenders experiences;
- Foster women’s empowerment, improve self esteem, promote problem solving and motivation;
- Utilise ways of working with women that draws on their different learning styles;
-Offer holistic and practical support to address social issues that are linked to their offending;
- Facilitate links with mainstream agencies especially health, debt advice and counselling;
- Have the capacity to allow women to return and / or top up when required, when in need;
- Use mentors and volunteers for ongoing support
The Minerva project works within these principles and in conjunction with many partners to deliver services across various pathways including Housing, Health, Domestic Violence, Child and Families, Substance misuse, Debt and many other social exclusion factors.
Probation is a key partner in this service delivery and co locate offender managers in the centre to work alongside the Minerva Project Team. Women will be able to access a range of services including counselling, group work and practical support to tackle the issues that push them into offending.
Current services available at Minerva?
- One on one support
- Counselling
- Acupunture
- Group work - Domestic Violence Freedom Positive you (a self esteem programme )
- Coffee morning
- Film nights
- Photography group
- Access to probation services
- Support in court
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