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Welsh Women's Aid Archive (Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales) Ffeil / File
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Oaklands Women's Centre

Material relating to Oaklands Women's Centre, situated in Glasbury, Herefordshire, which was given to Welsh Women's Aid as a respite centre for women and their children living in refuges in Wales. Items include legal documents regarding the handing over of the property to Welsh Women's Aid; constitution of Oaklands Women's Centre; draft advertisements for job vacancies relating to the project; and records of meetings discussing Oaklands Women's Centre.

General administration

General administrative papers of Welsh Women's Aid, including diaries, 1985-2003; details of leasehold of refuge premises; Welsh Women's Aid membership agreements; individual refuge rules and guidelines; information leaflets, booklets and handbooks; lists of Welsh Women's Aid groups; staff duty rotas; and other general administrative material.

Codes of practice

Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid's codes of practice and its Codes of Practice Working Party, including office policy and procedures manuals dated November 1994 and October 2001; details of legal structures and constitutions dated July 1993; codes of practice implementation policy dated April 1993; eviction policy dated September 1999 and another undated; and undated disciplinary policy.

Children and family

Material relating to children and families, particularly those housed within Welsh Women's Aid refuges. Includes details relating to the rĂ´le of the childworker within Welsh Women's Aid and records of childworker meetings. Press cuttings (of which there are a significant number) kept in separate folder; printed booklets and leaflets kept in separate envelopes.

Publicity and media

Material relating to publicity and the media as it relates to Welsh Women's Aid, including Publicity Strategy Team records (kept in separate envelope); press releases; correspondence, largely with newspapers and television companies; press cuttings (kept in separate envelope); and guidelines on public speaking and how to deal with the media. A number of items relating to Erin Pizzey, founder of the first shelters for abused women in and around London, who later significantly modified her views on domestic violence and became an advocate for men's rights, are kept in a separate envelope.

General administration

General administration papers relating to Welsh Women's Aid, which include information booklets and leaflets; notes on the history of Welsh Women's Aid, apparently compiled for a proposed publication on the subject; details of insurance provision for refuges (kept in separate envelope); and declaration of trust with list of Welsh Women's Aid trustees (kept in separate envelope).

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