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Edinburgh Women’s Aid, (EWA), is marking its 50th anniversary this year with a series of events, including its latest seminar, ‘Changing the Landscape: 50 years of activism and action against domestic abuse’, attended by over 80 guests at Edinburgh University, including Councillor Cammy Day, Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council. The seminar explored the role of research in changing the policy landscape around domestic abuse and...

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This month’s blog is written by our CEO, Linda Rodgers, as she reflects back on the last 50 years of Edinburgh Women’s Aid… At our 50th anniversary launch event, looking at our amazing banners for each decade and listening to the stories of women who have been in the women’s aid movement for many years, I reflect on parallels between my own journey as a girl and woman in Edinburgh, (and for a few years in Birmingham), and the...

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Challenge 50 Fundraiser

Challenge 50 Fundraiser


Posted By on Jan 19, 2023

To mark our 50th Anniversary, EWA is delighted to announce our “Challenge 50” fundraiser. We invite all our supporters to get involved with their own #EWAchallenge50 to help us reach a target of £50,000 across 2023. This challenge can be anything you come up with around the number 50 – for example, collecting all your 50ps across the year, baking and selling 50 cakes, writing 50 letters to 50 women you admire, asking 50 friends to...

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Edinburgh Women’s Aid, which opened its first refuge 50 years ago in 1973, marks its 50th anniversary with the unveiling of a commemorative artwork by the artist Amy Steele at a special event attended by over 60 guests at the City Arts Centre today, (12th January). The aim of the event was to bring people together, including staff, councillors, volunteers and women who have been supported over the years, to mark this important...

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Edinburgh Women’s Aid takes the safety of our clients and our staff seriously.  We have been working to our Disaster Recovery Policy (Section 5: Serious infectious disease/pandemic) in relation to COVID19 (coronavirus). Group work has been stopped and we are limiting our face to face work with clients – replacing this where possible with telephone support. Maintaining a level of service with our clients supporting their safety and...

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