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Outreach Services

“It made me look at the whole situation and really opened my mind to what was going on. I did not appreciate what was going on until the Outreach Worker encouraged me to look at it and think about it more deeply. I did not recognise that I was experiencing emotional abuse. I came to the service very reluctantly, but I am so glad that I did. It was incredibly helpful and I could not fault it. Thank you”

Wycombe Women’s Aid’s Outreach Service is free of charge. It exists to help women living in the High Wycombe, South Bucks and Chiltern Districts of Buckinghamshire, who are, or have been abused by a partner or family member.

Fact

“Domestic violence has more repeat victims than any other crime. On average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police”

Wycombe includes Marlow, Lane End, Princes Risborough, Stokenchurch, Wooburn Green & Bourne End.  Chiltern includes Amersham, Chesham, The Chalfonts, Great & Little Missenden, Prestwood & Seer Green.  South Bucks includes Beaconsfield, Burnham, Denham, Gerrards Cross & Iver.

Any woman who lives in the Wycombe, South Bucks and Chiltern Districts of Buckinghamshire and feels she is being abused is welcome to use the service.

 The Outreach Service can offer

  • Someone to listen
  • Someone to talk to either face to face or on the phone
  • Counselling
  • Information so that a woman can make her own choices
  • Safety Planning
  • Advocacy and support to visit solicitors, housing benefits agency, social services or any other situation where this may be needed.
  • Support to prosecute the abuser
  • Referrals to appropriate agencies

 

We are currently offering the following Outreach groups:

Freedom Programme

The Freedom Programme is a rolling programme and the aim is to support women who have experienced, or are experiencing, domestic violence.  The programme aims to support women to make sense of how abusive behaviour can impact on them and their children’s wellbeing and how women can change this and gain their own power back.  The programme takes place in High Wycombe and is free of charge.  It runs on Tuesday mornings from 10.00am until 11.30am.  For more information and to reserve your place, please contact Denise on 07890 456907.  The full schedule can be found in the flyer below:

Freedom Programme January 2024

You & Me, Mum

You & Me, Mum is a 10 week programme which aims to create a non-judgemental, non-threatening environment for women to explore parenting after experiencing domestic abuse.  Women will have the opportunity to safely explore the impact the domestic violence has had on their relationships with their children and challenging behaviour.

This is a self referral group that only accepts women who are NOT living with their abuser.  This requirement is in place to keep women and children safe. 

The programme takes place in High Wycombe and is free of charge.  It runs on Thursday mornings from 10.00am until 11.30am.  For more information and to reserve your place, please contact Antonina on 07442 963583.  The full schedule can be found in the flyer below:

You and Me Mum (January 2024)

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Referrals

The Outreach service accepts both self-referrals and referrals from other agencies or professionals.

For information, advice, support or to make a referral, women and professionals can call the Bucks Domestic Abuse Service on 01296 437777.  

For agency referrals, a copy of the referral form can be found here:

Community Services Referral Form

The Outreach Service also offers a variety of groups for women living in the High Wycombe, Chiltern and South Bucks districts of Buckinghamshire.  Details of these groups can be found further down this page.  The Outreach service also offers an Open Door drop in service and further information can be found in the leaflet below:

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Power to Change

Wycombe Women’s Aid delivers the Power to Change group, a term long educational self-help group for women who have experienced, or are experiencing, domestic violence.  The group covers topics such as basic rights, why it is hard to leave an abusive situation, boundaries, families and children, assertiveness skills and boundary setting, coping with grief, fear, guilt and anger, healthy relationships, endings and new beginnings.

The group takes place during term time only and is free of charge to women attending.

Power to Change takes place on a TBC morning between 10.00am and 12.00noon at a venue in High Wycombe.  For more information about the next group, please contact TBC on TBC.  The next group will start on TBC.

Referrals for Power to Change are self-referrals only and Wycombe Women’s Aid will always speak with a woman directly before she begins the Power to Change programme.

Further details about the group can be found in the document below:

TBC

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You & Me, Mum

Through this 8 week programme we aim to create a non-judgmental, non-threatening environment for women to explore parenting after experiencing domestic abuse.  Women will also have the opportunity to safely explore the impact the domestic violence has had on their relationships with their children.  There are no sessions during school holidays.  This is a self-referral group that only accepts women who are not living with their abuser.  This requirement is in place to keep women and children safe.

The group takes place on Thursday mornings between 10.00am and 11.30am at a venue in High Wycombe.  The aim of the programme is ‘to provide an eight week self help programme which will empower, support and develop further understanding of your role as mothers, in addressing the needs of children and young people who have lived with domestic violence’.  The objectives of the programme are:

  • to understand how domestic violence affects you as a parent
  • to understand the effects of domestic violence on children and young people
  • to develop effective communication skills with children and young people
  • to promote healthy and non-violent relationships
  • to explore key protective behaviours messages and strategies for keeping mothers, children and young people safe

The next group is starting on Thursday 18th April 2024 and will be facilitated by a Wycombe Women’s Aid Counsellor.  For more information please contact Antonina on 07442 963853.  The full schedule can be found in the flyer below:

You and Me Mum (April 2024)

“I am able to acknowledge strategies to help myself and my family and have ideas to help the feelings we have.  I have been able to find better ways to talk to the children about how they feel so it has helped things to be calmer at home.  I feel more able to move forward and it has been a great place to meet new women and make friends and share experiences, develop strategies and ideas to develop ourselves.  I have gained confidence in myself and it is well worth doing”

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Other Services

The Outreach Service also offers support, awareness raising and training workshops to other agencies, including schools, and individuals regarding domestic violence issues.  The Outreach Service will also deliver presentations and talks to groups or organisations.  The Youth Worker offers training to schools, other agencies and youth settings specifically around domestic violence and young people and healthy relationships.

The Service will also provide information and support to other groups who are setting up services for women who have experienced domestic violence.

Hard copy leaflets, posters and other publicity materials are available on request, or soft copies can be downloaded from the Resources section of this website.

To find out more about what we can offer please contact us.

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IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy)

IDVAs provide crisis support and information for women in Wycombe, Chiltern and South Bucks who are experiencing domestic violence.  Follow the link for more information about the IDVA service.

Testimonials about our services

“My worker was brilliant. She was so helpful and arranged other things for me as well, such as food bank vouchers. I am very grateful for everything.  It made me aware that nothing was my fault. I was believed and supported.  I had one worker for my entire time with WWA. It was so good having just 1 point of contact and so helpful to have just one worker. She kept in contact with me regularly which I appreciated”

 “Thank you so much for all your patience and kindness. It really has helped to talk things through with someone that really understands, at such a confusing time”

 “My life has been transformed since I have been coming to see you and it’s hard to say goodbye but I know I can live in peace now”

 “Women’s Aid is such an amazing service.  The women I refer say really good things about you”

 “My confidence in my own decisions and ability to get my life back for me and my daughter has grown beyond any hopes I had thanks to the support and advice given”.

 

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