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Material relating to social and council housing and to housing legislation, particularly in the context of housing for women fleeing domestic abuse.

Internal correspondence, 1982-2004, between or within branches and regional sectors of Welsh Women's Aid.

ONE ITEM IS CLOSED FOR 100 YEARS FROM DATE OF LAST ENTRY. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 EXEMPTION (SECTION 40) (PERSONAL INFORMATION).

Material relating to children and families, particularly those housed within Welsh Women's Aid refuges, including staff codes of practice and guidelines, records of Welsh Women's Aid Children's Group meetings, reports, press cuttings and printed information booklets aimed at both children and adults. Newspaper cuttings kept in marked envelope.

Material relating to the establishment and upkeep of Welsh Women's Aid's telephone helpline, including a significant number of items relating to the Northern Ireland Women's Aid helpline service.

** TWO ITEMS ARE CLOSED FOR 82 YEARS FROM DATE OF LAST ENTRY. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 EXEMPTION (SECTION 40) (PERSONAL INFORMATION). ***

Material relating to law and legislation and the police as they apply to the work of Welsh Women's Aid. Includes records of Welsh Women's Aid Police and Legal Group meetings, 1989-1997; material relating to the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 and the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984; material relating to the Local Government Bill of 1985, which became the Local Government Act 1985 and to the Legal Aid Bill of 1988, which became the Legal Aid Act 1988; response to the Home Office report on domestic violence, June 1989; material relating to the Family Courts Campaign; records of meetings, seminars and conferences; internal and external correspondence; and press cuttings.

There are references 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.

Material relating to planned proposals for service provision and development within Welsh Women's Aid, including printed objectives and strategies for service development and records of Welsh Women's Aid's Operational Procedures Working Party, 1999, 2001.

Records of Aberystwyth Welsh Women's Aid branch meetings, 1987-2003, with related material.

Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid annual reviews, 1997-2003.

Reports and statistics - other than annual reports, annual reviews and staff work reports - relating to Welsh Women's Aid, including inter-regional reports and reports to the then Welsh Office in Cardiff.

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.

Welsh Women's Aid annual reviews, 1991-2003, with related material.

Printed communications between branches of Welsh Women's Aid, or between members of the same branch. Some of the matters discussed are of a serious nature, ranging from minor infringes of protocol to allegations of professional misconduct against another branch.

Papers relating to the structural evaluation of Welsh Women's Aid and to Quality Assurance standards within the organisation, which include records of Welsh Women's Aid's Evaluation Steering Group and its Quality Assurance Working Party.

Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid's Health and Safety policy, including policies, guidelines, consultation documents and risk assessments.

Welsh Women's Aid's responses to draft papers produced March 2000 and [2002] by the National Assembly for Wales titled, respectively, 'Promoting Health and Wellbeing: A Consultation Document' and 'Well Being in Wales'. Welsh Women's Aid's responses seek to add to and amend information given in the draft papers by detailing the health needs of women and children in Wales who experience domestic abuse.

External correspondence to and from Welsh Women's Aid, 1983-2003, which includes letters sent between Welsh Women's Aid, the then Welsh Office in Cardiff and the fledgling National Assembly for Wales (see also Meetings: National Assembly for Wales).

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Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid training of its staff, largely comprising details of training courses and workshops, together with course feedback in the form of questionnaires and reports.

Material relating to publicity and the media as it relates to Welsh Women's Aid, including items relating to Welsh Women's Aid's Publicity Strategy Team; press releases issued by Welsh Women's Aid; material relating to media broadcasts and social events which highlight Welsh Women's Aid's work and/or women's issues; publicity resource pack for the use of Welsh Women's Aid groups; and guidelines on how to make the most of media opportunities.

Internal mailing relating to proposed celebrations to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Welsh Women's Aid.

Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid accounts, including auditors' reports, spreadsheets, invoices, expense forms and individual Women's Aid branch accounts.