“Keeping women and children safe in our refuges since 1974”

Sheffield Women’s Aid are a small charity established in 1974 solely based in Sheffield but housing women and children from anywhere in the UK who need a place of safety.

SWA has been providing emergency accommodation for women and children who have suffered and survived domestic and sexual abuse and violence for over 45 years. We accommodate women aged 16+ and their children (of any age or gender) if they depend on their Mum for their personal well-being and can accommodate larger families.

We currently have two refuges in Sheffield. One refuge has 16 self-contained flats and the other has 20. Both stand in secluded gardens with areas to relax and opportunities for children to play.

Access

Find out how to access support and residence at one of our refuges.

Resources

Helpful links to resources and contacts for further advice.

Services

Discover the services we offer to our residents during their refuge stay.

Follow our Journey

🚨Vital conversations about violence against women and girls are being hijacked by an anti-migrant agenda. Spreading an inaccurate picture of VAWG in the UK allows the people -overwhelmingly men, from all walks of life - who harm women and girls to
While here at SWA we welcome the obligation for tech companies to introduce more stringent age verification for online pornography under the Online Safety Act, that doesn't stop the spread of harmful content online. Technical solutions can't fix soc
So good to catch up with @mrawlins1974 and talk about the importance of our collaboration with @theuniversityofsheffield on discussing the impact and necessity of trauma informed reporting on the prevalence of Violence against Women and Girls (#VAWG)
This government made a pledge to halve VAWG in the next decade and if they want to achieve this then we need to see better. Whilst we as an organisation welcome all funding to help fight violence against women and girls, we share the views expressed
"Trauma is the change we don't choose, healing is the change we do" Our CEO and Head of Operations spent the morning taking part in a workshop that explored the importance of intersection trauma informed care within domestic abuse services
Back again! It was great to hear from Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE this morning as she opened the @womens_aid National Conference on its final day. A fantastic way to start off what's been such an informative conference. It was also great to spend s
Here's our CEO and Head of Operations with the amazing Steffy Bechelet. Her study with BrainKind "Too Many To Count" is the first in the UK to highlight the prevalence of domestic abuse survivors who may be living with a brain injury and
We heard Claire Throssell MBE speak on the panel Safe Child Contact: putting children at the centre of the family justice system. A powerful testament to the progress that's been made but highlighting just how far we really have to go. This is a cau
We're taking part in the Strengthening statutory guidance work shop today. An in-depth look into the research carried out by @womens_aid into how inconsistent practice can fail the survivors we want to help. It's important for us to understand how w

Contact Us

mail@sheffieldwomensaid.org.uk

In an emergency, always call 999.