Don’t suffer in silence

Women suffering abuse at home now have various ways to seek help discreetly.

Renfrewshire Women’s Aid offers free and confidential services for women and is ran by women.

The team can give you advice about your rights when it comes to finances and housing; allocate a support worker for any young people or children; offer you a dafe place to stay or simply let you speak to soeone in confidence.

Renfrewshire Women’s Aid has launched its own Facebook page to help people get in touch quicker.

The Paisley-based organisation was set up in 1985 to offer support, give information, provide accommodation and make refuge available to women, children and young people who are affected by domestic abuse.

Hundreds of domestic abuse victims speak to the team, based in Violet Street, Seedhill, every year.

The charity has 19 safe accommodations, with confidential addresses, across the Paisley area to shelter women and their kids.

If you need advice or support, which can be life-changing and even life-saving, there are many ways to go about getting it.

You can find the Facebook page by searching for Renfrewshire Women’s Aid on Facebook or by going to http://goo.gl/ so9sQ2

Anyone with a Facebook account is encouraged to share the above link to get information to as many people as possible.

Alternatively, send an email to info@ renfrewshirewomensaid. co.uk, log on to www. renfrewshire womensaid.co.uk or pop into their base at Violet House, 3 Violet Street, Paisley.

You can also call on 0141 561 7030 or use the freephone number 0800 025 7603.