OUR AIMS, VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

• Believe women and children’s experience of abuse
• Prioritise abused women and children’s safety and confidentiality
• Empower women and children by encouraging them to make their own decisions and determine their own futures
• Be non directive
• Inform women and children of their choices and support them in the way they wish to proceed
• Be sensitive to women and children’s individual needs
• Encourage women and children to have confidence in their own abilities
• Create opportunities for women and children to develop their own potential
• Care for the emotional, developmental and educational needs of children affected by domestic violence
• Encourage women survivors to be mutually supportive
• Provide services for women and children via women workers, both staff and volunteers
• Monitor and evaluate the service we provide through a variety of means
• In all our work to challenge discrimination and promote equal opportunities
• Work within a multi agency setting

KEY AIMS FOR 2009-2010

• Continue to provide a specialist service for women and children experiencing domestic abuse in the High Peak both within our refuge and in our community based services.
• Continue to improve our services to enable them to meet the needs of women and children experiencing domestic abuse.
• Continue to play an active part within a multI agency framework for providing domestic abuse services within the High Peak.
• To continue to raise awareness of the prevalence of domestic abuse within High Peak through training and publicity.
• To action feedback gained from consultation with service users and external agencies.