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While public funding for shelters is drastically decreasing, violence is not. Due to government cuts, many refuges are facing closure and this threatens lives. Women and children trying to break free from violent partners, child abusers, and sex traffickers, have fewer and fewer spaces to go. Migrant women are additionally vulnerable: often destitute, with limited English skills, and don’t know their rights. Around 50% of refuges for ethnic minorities have been forced to close their doors due to a lack of resources.

We need your help.

Your monetary donation is vital in supporting victims of domestic violence. You can become a monthly donor here. You can also make an individual donation by clicking on this link.

Other ways to donate:

If your company is looking for a charity of the year or ways to engage with the community, please get in touch with our Development Officer at [email protected] to find a way of working together.

You can direct a cheque to Latin American Women’s Aid
Cheque details:
Latin American Women’s Aid
Account number: 00032020
Sort Code: 40-52-40
Charities Aid Foundation Bank

If you have experience organising fundraising events and wish to do one on behalf of LAWA, please contact us so we can discuss how we can support you to reach a greater number of people. Our members of staff could attend the event, we have brochures and materials to share information about our work, and we can support you on social media. For more information, contact Paula, our Development Officer, directly at the following email address [email protected]

Also, if you would like to run a marathon or take a challenge to raise funds for LAWA, you can create your own fundraising page HERE. Through this platform, all the funds you raise will arrive directly at LAWA.

We are constantly looking for positive and energetic Latin American and other Black and Ethnic Minoritised women to join our team. We are led by and for women of our community and therefore, our volunteer program is exclusively for Latin American and other Black and Minority Ethnic women. However, we do not rule out the passion and skills that women from different cultural backgrounds can bring to our organisation. If you do not have the profile we are looking for, but you are interested in supporting us, please consider donating, sharing our social media content, and supporting our public campaigning activity.

We seek skills in different areas for different roles, thus we accept different professional profiles. It is preferable that you speak English and at least one Latin American language – Spanish or Portuguese.

These are some of the areas in which you could support us:

• Case Work Support
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
• Community Engagement
  • Change Makers program (we are currently not recruiting for this role)
  • Growing Together Program (we are currently not recruiting for this role)
• Translation and Interpreting
• Communication & Social Media (we are currently not recruiting for this role)
• Research and Policy (we are currently not recruiting for this role)
• Admin support
• Counselling (you must be trained as a counsellor)

You can download the volunteer application form HERE and send it to [email protected]. We begin two cycles per year and the next cycle is expected to start in June 2025. If you are interested in becoming a counselling volunteer, we accept applications throughout the entire year.

Make sure you indicate in the email subject that you are applying for this area.

Thank you for your interest in working at LAWA. At the moment, we have the following open vacancies.

Refuge Operations Assistant: click HERE to see the job description. The deadline to apply is 10 December 2024.

Please note that all our vacancies are open ONLY to Latin American and other Black and Ethnic Minoritised women. We especially encourage applications from Afro-Latin American women.

We would love to keep in touch! You can find us here:

Facebook: Latin American Women’s Aid

Twitter: @LAWALondon

Instagram: @lawalondon

Youtube: LAWA London

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