• Inishowen Womens Outreach is a rural based community led project responding to the issue of Domestic Violence for Women and Children in Inishowen. The project was established in 1994 by a small group of local people who were aware that no services existed in Inishowen. The project is managed by a local Voluntary Management Committee.
  
  
• Aims
• Our aim is to identify and respond to the needs of Women and Children in the rural area of Inishowen who are subjected to Violence and Abuse in the home, in a confidential manner.To develop long -term responses to the issues that work towards the elimination of Domestic Abuse.
• Our work is priorirised under the following areas:

• Support for Women and Children who are subjected to violence in the home
• Education and Awareness
• Campaigning and Lobbying

What we do

Helpline

Practical and emotional support to Women and Children

Information on options available

Court Accompaniment

Support Group

Counselling for Women

Counselling for Children

Developing links with Service providers

Education and Awareness

Public Awareness Programmes and Activities that challange attitudes to Domestic Violence including :

Publishing and distributing information on Domestic Violence

Organising public seminars

Providing self developement courses for Women

Training for Volunteers

Training for Service Providers

 

Campaigning and lobbying

 

This project seeks to highlight reforms needed in relation to family law in Sexual Violence