North Derbyshire Women’s Aid

North Derbyshire Women’s Aid exists for the benefit of local women and children who experience abuse within a domestic relationship.

Our service is offered to women and children from all backgrounds, whatever their age, ability, nationality, class, race, sexual orientation or religion.

We cover the areas of Chesterfield Borough, Bolsover District and North East Derbyshire District.

We also accept referrals from women outside the area who need to move to escape domestic abuse.

For male victims of domestic abuse support is provided by NDWA Adult Outreach and Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) Service.

North Derbyshire Women’s Aid believes that the abuse of women and their children comes from the unequal position of women and children in society.

We are against all forms of abuse of women and children whether the abuse is: physical, verbal, psychological, emotional, sexual, financial.

In the term domestic abuse, a domestic relationship is one you might have with a partner, whether you are married to them or not. It is also the relationships between relatives, parent and child, brothers and sisters, or it can be the relationship you have with anyone else in your household.