Nationwide BAME domestic abuse training programme to be launched in Oxford
A therapy centre for ethnic minority domestic abuse victims is set to launch a nationwide training programme.
Jewins Women2Women, Oxfordshire's first Black, Asian, and minority ethnic therapy centre, has developed the programme to educate social services, police, and local authorities on the cultural and faith-related factors contributing to domestic abuse in ethnic minority communities.
The launch event at Saïd Business School, to take place on March 15, will be attended by the Lord Mayor of Oxford, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford, the Chief Imam of Oxford, and Canon Dr Charlotte Bannister Parker, among other faith leaders.
The charity, based in Witney, has supported more than 170 women and girls from ethnic minority backgrounds over the past 13 years.
It provides a range of services including pastoral and cultural support, court representation, mediation, employment, child abduction and immigration assistance, alongside personal development coaching and counselling.
However, the charity recently had to cease operations at its Templars Square Shopping Centre location due to a lack of funding and is now looking to relocate its services to London and South Africa.
The charity also wants to set up a safe house and a retail branch in South Africa in memory of one of its patrons who died from domestic abuse and is fundraising for its therapy centre in Witney.
Jewins has established a sister social enterprise - a charity shop focused on products from Africa.
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