Make a Donation ..
"Every little helps a lot"
WAITS is an established charity which has collaborated with and supported women who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse for 30 years.
WAITS mission is to enable women from diverse communities within the West Midlands to develop themselves and others.
Why the community needs WAITS?
Between April 2022 and March 2023, WAITS supported 595 women, and as a result:
- 97% live crime and domestic abuse free
- 100% rehoused into secure accommodation
- 30% homeless DA women accessed refuge accommodation
- 70% signposted to specialist agencies
- 97% control own finances
- 68% increased functional/employability skills
- 41% secured paid employment
- 33% achieved qualifications at entry, NVQ, and degree levels
- 20% gained volunteering work experience
- 76% developed healthy peer friendships and family relationships
- 30% remained free of substance addictions
You can use one of the options available on our subscription page to receive the WAITS e-newsletter.
Simply fill out the basic registration information and follow the instructions that you see on completion or when you receive any confirmation emails.
Donations, results & outcomes
Click the image above to visit our donor page.
Can you support the vital work of WAITS? “A little goes a hell of a long way”
Imagine if you decided to forgo your morning cup of coffee for a month and instead donated the savings to a good cause (like WAITS) to say, help a woman suffering from domestic abuse get access to a refuge for one night.. how great that would be?
Check out our donation list below to see what your donations can buy and the kind of social impact it could have for vulnerable women:
- Night in refuge - per night £50
- One to one counselling for 8 sessions - £320
- Overnight emergency night kit - £30 (100 kits per annum)
- Toiletries (personal hygiene) emergency kit - £28
- Attendance at support group coffee morning - £8 (bus fare & refreshments)
- Confidence building and self-esteem workshop (Group) - £200
You can now support WAITS every time you shop online.. Yes, it’s that simple!
You can easily help raise money to support our critical work with vulnerable women, simply by doing something that we all do on a regular basis.. Our shopping for food, furniture, DIY, garden & domestic products, movies, clothing, holidays or items via Amazon, eBay and many other well-known outlets.
Visit our Easyfundraising page and register here www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/waitsbirmingham
WAITS Vision
& Mission ..
Vision: To create a legacy of freedom, empowerment and safety for women and families
Mission:
Working collaboratively, equipping women to make positive choices that transforms their futures
Our Main Services
WAITS staff & trustees
Our team is made up of a dedicated and committed team of women from varied backgrounds that share our common Vision & Mission.
This includes full-time, part-time and sessional staff as well as our volunteers and the Board of Trustees.
We also work with a range of other agencies to provide holistic support, ensuring that all of the individual’s needs are met.
A valued fundraiser team
WAITS Ambassadors are a group of innovative and forward thinking people, diverse in their backgrounds, experiences and skills.
But the one thing they do all have very much in common is a passion for helping women who are in crisis!
They provide invaluable fundraising ideas; and then plan, organise and facilitate these ideas, helping us to raise funds to support women in crisis.
Making it all possible
WAITS receives sponsorship and support from a variety of sources and just some of them are featured on this page.
We have also been recipients of awards for good practice and engagement and some of these will be listed on this page.
WAITS has worked with women for almost 30 years. “Women with the power to make and influence decisions and make positive change”
