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During these uncertain times, support services including Grampian Women’s Aid, Grampian Rape Crises, Police Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council, continue to offer support, advice and guidance to anyone experiencing abuse. No one should live in fear.

The Guide to Domestic Abuse Assistance in Aberdeenshire can be downloaded as a PDF file HERE

Who we are:

The Aberdeenshire Violence Against Women & Girls Partnership is committed to preventing and eradicating violence at a local and strategic level and ensuring the right support is available and accessible to women and children who have experienced abuse.

It brings together Aberdeenshire Council, Grampian Women’s Aid, Police Scotland, Rape Crisis Grampian, Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership, Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Grampian, Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA), Scottish Fire Service and Alcohol and Drugs Action. Partners have listened to those who have experienced abuse and used that insight to shape the strategy. The partnership’s aim is to improve agency responses to women, children and young people who have experienced abuse.

The Partnership has four key priorities:

• Scottish society embraces equality and mutual respect and rejects all forms of violence against women and girls.
• Women and girls thrive as equal citizens: socially, culturally, economically and politically.
• Interventions are early and effective, preventing violence and maximising the safety and wellbeing of women, children and young people.
• Men desist from all forms of violence against women and girls and perpetrators of such violence receive a robust and effective response.

The Aberdeenshire Violence Against Women and Girls Partnership Strategy and Plan can be downloaded HERE

Useful links for more information

• Grampian Women's Aid
• Police Scotland
• Aberdeenshire Council Children and Families Teams
• NHS Grampian
• Children 1ST
• Scottish Children's Reporters Administration
• Aberdeenshire Council Housing
• Apply4Homes Website
• Victim Support, Scotland
• Rape Crisis Grampian (RCG)