Between April 2022 and March 2023, WAITS supported 595 women, and as a result:

• 97% live crime and domestic abuse free
• 100% rehoused into secure accommodation
• 30% homeless DA women accessed refuge accommodation
• 70% signposted to specialist agencies 
• 97% control own finances
• 68% increased functional/employability skills
• 41% secured paid employment
• 33% achieved qualifications at entry, NVQ, and degree levels
• 20% gained volunteering work experience
• 76% developed healthy peer friendships and family relationships
• 30% remained free of substance addictions
  

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Simply fill out the basic registration information and follow the instructions that you see on completion or when you receive any confirmation emails.

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Can you support the vital work of WAITS? “A little goes a hell of a long way”

Imagine if you decided to forgo your morning cup of coffee for a month and instead donated the savings to a good cause (like WAITS) to say, help a woman suffering from domestic abuse get access to a refuge for one night.. how great that would be?

Check out our donation list below to see what your donations can buy and the kind of social impact it could have for vulnerable women:

• Night in refuge - per night £50
• One to one counselling for 8 sessions - £320
• Overnight emergency night kit - £30 (100 kits per annum)
• Toiletries (personal hygiene) emergency kit - £28
• Attendance at support group coffee morning - £8 (bus fare & refreshments)
• Confidence building and self-esteem workshop (Group) - £200
  

You can now support WAITS every time you shop online.. Yes, it’s that simple!

You can easily help raise money to support our critical work with vulnerable women, simply by doing something that we all do on a regular basis.. Our shopping for food, furniture, DIY, garden & domestic products, movies, clothing, holidays or items via Amazon, eBay and many other well-known outlets.

Visit our Easyfundraising page and register here www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/waitsbirmingham