We are very excited to be launching a new group work support programme for women This is Me, Here I Am. Thanks to funding from Foundation Scotland and Midlothian Council Small Grants, WAEML employed a workshop facilitator (Ellie Hutchinson) who facilitated online sessions (via Zoom) between Jan – Apr 2021. Nine women worked with Ellie […]
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Incidents of domestic abuse in Scotland have risen by four per cent in the last recorded year – this has been the case for the fourth year in a row. The Scottish Government today released data that shows Police Scotland recorded 62,907 domestic abuse incidents throughout 2019-20. The Scottish Government bulletin notes that common assault
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Women’s Aid East and Midlothian (WAEML) is delighted to have been awarded a two year grant from the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Homelessness Fund to introduce East Lothian’s very first Housing First project for women. This project will be delivered in partnership with East Lothian Council and East Lothian Housing Association. Housing First provides ordinary,
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We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded £1,500 from the CALA Homes’ Community Bursary Scheme. This funding allows us to provide practical help and support to families in hardship especially those who need emergency items, food and clothing. Thank you for helping us make a difference!
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Well done to Natasha, Evie and Eva and Natasha who secured us £3,000 through their youth philanthropy project at Dalkeith High School. This amazing news and a result of their hard work, research, effort and enthusiasm. We agreed with the girls that we’d use this money to make our refuge accommodation more comfortable and we
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We hope that you are enjoying our new branding that we launched in December 2020.A huge thank you to all the staff, service users and stakeholders that contributed to our consultation in helping us decide what our brand needed to reflect. The common requests were that our branding reflected one of our core values of
Feeling brand new! Read More »
As Covid restrictions continue to change we will keep you all informed about how these changes affect service delivery through our social media, please note though we will continue to operate a little differently.For me the most important message though continues to be that regardless of the ongoing restrictions, you are still able to get
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29 March 2021Many of you may have visited us at the Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh. Our staff team has grown considerably since we established our office there and unfortunately it’s no longer fit for purpose. The East Lothian service has now moved to new premises in Macmerry – we have prepared space to enable us
East Lothian, we are on the move! Read More »
