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Islington Women’s Aid Outreach Centre opened in November 2003.
We provide advice, advocacy, support and crisis intervention to women
and children affected by domestic violence.
The outreach service enables women to access support and advice on a
range of issues including the law, welfare benefit entitlements, counselling,
housing, children’s issues, and training/employment.
Essentially, the outreach project offers women who are not accessing
refuge services specialist support and advice. Women can drop into the
office on Monday and Friday mornings between 10am and 1pm or they can
call our advice line on 020 8269 2121, Mondays to Fridays between 10am
and 1pm and 2pm and 4pm.
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The Floating Support Service works with women and
their children affected by domestic violence with either Local Authority
or Housing Association tenancies in Islington. The Floating Support
Worker is able to offer this service to women in their own homes when
it is safe to do so e.g. the woman is not living with the perpetrator.
Our Floating Support Service aims to enable women to maintain independence
in their own accommodation. The service is provided to clients affected
by domestic violence who choose to remain in their own homes for whatever
reason. The Floating Support Worker acts as a ‘broker’ by
ensuring that the user is linked in to other locally available support
services as needed. Women are able to access advice, information, support
and advocacy on a range of issues such as welfare benefit entitlements,
housing options, children’s issues, counselling, legal issues,
training and employment. The support offered is temporary (for approximately
3 months) ending when it is no longer needed by the service user.
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