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Papers relating to housing issues, largely in the context of social and council housing in relation to women and children accessing Women's Aid services, much of the material comprising press cuttings and correspondence with relevant Members of Parliament. Includes material relating to the 'Supporting People' initiative and the Board and Lodging payment campaign, and printed booklets.

Academic dissertations, research projects and reports primarily relating to domestic violence and other issues facing women. Some of the studies relate specifically to Women's Aid.

Material relating to women's rights and issues within Britain and worldwide, including health and wellbeing. Material of a similar nature is to be found throughout this archive, but note especially under Domestic violence/Violence against women.

Material relating to law and legislation as it relates to Women's Aid and to women victims of domestic abuse.

Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid's Finance Sub Group, which largely comprises records of Finance Sub Group meetings, together with general related material.

Material relating to domestic violence and violence towards women in general, including a significant number of press cuttings dating from the 1970s to the 2000s; Welsh Women's Aid press releases; copies of parliamentary debates and reports, 1975-1983; and material relating to the Working Group on Domestic Violence and Violence against Women in Wales and to Women's Aid Domestic Violence Forums. A small number of items relate 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 Welsh Women's Aid staff work reports, including a 'day book' kept by then staff member Jane Hutt, beginning 1 January 1978 (see note on Jane Hutt under main archival heading: Welsh Women's Aid Archives (Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales)).

Material relating to the National Women's Aid conference held at Bradford, 30/31 October 1976.

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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.

General reports and statistics relating to Welsh Women's Aid, including research projects; completed questionnaires sent out to Women's Aid branches within Wales, together with an analysis of the results; and statistics relating to individual branches of Women's Aid within Wales.

Material relating to social and council housing and housing legislation, particularly in the context of housing for women fleeing domestic abuse. Includes funding applications and housing questionnaires dating from 1977.

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.

Material relating to the Women's Aid South Wales regional conference held at Newport, 5 March 1977; also material relating to a conference entitled 'Battered Women: Defining the Issues' held at Stanford University, California, 20-21 May 1977.

Material relating to law and legislation and the police as they apply to the work of Welsh Women's Aid. Includes material relating to the Family Law Bill of 1995 and subsequent Family Law Act of 1996, and also to the ill-fated Family Homes and Domestic Violence Bill of 1995. Welsh Women's Aid's response to the Family Law Bill 1995 forms part of the Police and Legal Group mailings (kept in separate envelope). Press cuttings, of which there are a significant number, kept in separate folder; printed booklets and leaflets kept in separate envelope.

Material relating to Women's Aid newsletters, primarily the Welsh Women's Aid newsletter Lloches and what appears to have been its predecessor, Barn Merched/Women's View. Along with copies of the newsletters, the material includes mastheads and graphics, a Letraset pack and articles submitted for publication.

Material relating to the corporate structure and strategy of Welsh Women's Aid, including early documents discussing proposed aims of Women's Aid, practical steps towards setting up a group, etc; Welsh Women's Aid Corporate Strategy dated May 2002; material relating to the Corporate Plan Working Party, including correspondence and records of meetings; material relating to the structural evaluation of Welsh Women's Aid, including report (May 2001) and review (January 2003), together with related correspondence.

Records of Welsh Women's Aid's Research Group meetings, 1977-1981.

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.

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).

Material relating to Welsh Women's Aid's ongoing strategies to obtain funding for the continued running and upkeep of refuges, employment of staff, etc, mostly comprising grant applications made to national bodies such as the National Lottery, Children in Need and the Burson Marsteller Initiative as well as to more local organisations and councils; together with reports, records of meetings, etc of the Women's Aid Funding Strategy Working Party.