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Material relating to a conference titled 'The Police and Women's Aid: The Response to Domestic Violence in Wales' held in Llandrindod Wells, 25 November 1986.

Poster invitation to a Wales TUC conference titled 'Public Services and Women's Lives' held in Cardiff, 5 December 1987.

Material relating to the Scottish Women's Aid national conference 1988, date and location not evident.

Material relating to the Welsh Women's Aid international conference held in Cardiff, 21-23 October 1988, the focus being primarily on violence, particularly domestic violence, towards women wordwide.

Material relating to the Welsh Women's Aid national conference held in Llanbadarn Fawr, 11-12 September 1993, which includes correspondence between Cathryn Brown, Welsh Women's Aid Conference Co-ordinator, and Branwen Phillips, Catering and Residential Services Manager at Llanbadarn college campus, regarding a number of disputes which arose during the conference weekend.

Material relating to a United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) conference titled 'UNIFEM: Wales and the World - A Day Conference To Raise Awareness' held in Cardiff, 16 June 1997.

Welsh Women's Aid annual reports, 1985-2002, with related material.

Material relating to mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, addiction and eating disorders, particularly as they impact women; together with a copy of the Mental Health Foundation Annual Report 1994, photocopied information and guidelines from printed sources

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

A SECTION OF THIS ARCHIVE IS CLOSED FOR 82 YEARS FROM DATE OF LAST ENTRY. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 EXEMPTION (SECTION 40) (PERSONAL INFORMATION).

Papers of Montgomeryshire Women's Aid (which appears to have previously been known as North Powys Women's Aid, which then became Montgomeryshire Women's Aid, later renamed Montgomeryshire Women's Centre following the group's decision in 1996 to no longer be affiliated to Welsh Women's Aid), including records of Annual General Meetings, 1994-1995, and of other meetings; constitution of Montgomeryshire Women's Centre, dated 10 May 1995; correspondence, including in relation to a complaint against a Welsh Women's Aid fieldworker (embargoed); reports; and accounts.

Material relating to women's rights and issues.

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 setting up and maintenance of Welsh Women's Aid's website and email facilities, known as 'She:Mail', the items largely comprising questionnaires sent out to Welsh Women's Aid branches regarding information to be included on the website, together with a printed-out user's manual and records relating to the Welsh Women's Aid Website Working Party.

Printed documents and correspondence relating to Friends Provident personal pension plans.

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.

Material relating to planned proposals for service provision and development within Welsh Women's Aid, including reports, questionnaires and records of meetings.

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 accounts, largely comprising financial spreadsheets or their equivalent.

Welsh Women's Aid annual reports, 1979-2000, with related material.

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)).