Our services offer a lifeline to women and children fleeing domestic abuse. With your help we can continue to be there for them. Some families that come into our service have fled with nothing but the clothes they arrive in and the children rarely get to bring along favourite toys and comfort possessions. 

Women’s Aid in Luton is only able to carry out support because of the continued generosity of individuals, local community groups and corporate supporters to help us to continue to provide this vital support. See below for ways in which you can help.

Our Christmas Campaign 2024 

Almost 2 million people in England and Wales are impacted by domestic abuse each year… 70% of victims and survivors are women. At Women’s Aid in Luton this festive time we would like to raise £4,000 towards delivering a wellbeing programme for women and children who have fled domestic abuse.

Situations of violence, emotional abuse and coercive control often lead to the women we support developing complex mental health problems such as PTSD or anxiety. Our wellbeing programme is essential in supporting women’s healing process and ensuring they have the best chance of recovering from the trauma that they have endured. Through our wellbeing programme we hope that women and children will be able to reclaim their voice and live a life free from harm. The women and children we support deserve peace of mind not just over the festive season but always.

Give the gift of wellness this festive time:

  • £50 would pay for a counselling session for a woman who has fled violence in the home.
  • £100 would pay for the facilitation of a group session for victims of domestic abuse to learn about healthy relationships.
  • £200 would pay for an art therapy session to enable a survivor to explore their experiences and emotions through creativity.
  • £600 could pay for a series of play and recovery sessions for a child survivor of domestic abuse which are delivered by our specialist support worker.

Ways to fundraise in the workplace or at home:

  • Make and sell your own Festive cards in support of our campaign.
  • Best Christmas joke contest and the winner gets to wear tinsel or a festive item of their choice for a week. Pay to participate!
  • Mince Pie bake off with friends, family or colleagues – who can bake and sell the most in support of the campaign?!

We don’t judge

We always believe

We support women to make their own choices about their future

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We are asking you and the Luton community to stand with us against domestic abuse. Help us support more women and children. Donate or fundraise for us – we rely on your support to continue helping those who need us most.

Will you fundraise for us and host your own event or challenge to raise money for Women’s Aid in Luton?

We would like to invite you to donate to:

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/donate-to-our-christmas-campaign

Every pound counts! Thank you very much for your support.

Fundraise for us

You can hold your own event to raise funds for Women’s Aid in Luton. Why not organise:

  • A sponsored walk/run/cycle
  • Hold a craft sale
  • Host a coffee and cake morning
  • An Auction

These are just a few ideas that we will be happy to support you with to raise much needed funds. 

Contact us to discuss how you might support us by fundraising, we’d love to hear your ideas.

There are countless ways you can offer support to us including:

Easyfundraising

Do you shop online? Do it through easyfundraising.org.uk and raise a free donation for Women’s Aid Luton every time you shop!

Send a Text

You can send a text to 70070 stating the code LWAG11 followed by donation amount i.e. £5, £10, £15 etc. 

Ebay

Selling your unwanted items on Ebay? Why not donate a percentage of your profit to Women’s Aid in Luton?

Everyclick

Set your homepage on your internet browser to everyclick by following the link below and raise money for Women’s Aid in Luton every time you use the search engine. 

Cash/Cheque

If you would like to make a financial donation to support our work, please send a cheque to;
Womens Aid in Luton, 32 – 42 Duke Street, Luton, Beds, LU2 0HH

Donations of Goods

Women’s Aid in Luton needs a variety of new or good quality items in order to help women and children in refuge as well as once they move on living independently in the community.  The following items are  of assistance;

  • Non- perishable food items: tinned goods, pasta, coffee, tea sugar.
  • Toiletry items:  Shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap (un-opened)

Women leaving the refuge also frequently need to start up home and need the following items:

  • General furniture
  • New kitchen items
  • Home decor items
  • Other household items

PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ELECTRICAL ITEMS

Please call us before donating any items on 01582 876636 and we will let you know if there is a current need as we have limited space to store items. 

Food Vouchers/Gift Cards:

Many of the women we help come to us without any source of income so are not able to purchase food for themselves or their children. We never see any of our women go without and try to provide them best we can with sufficient food items. However, donations of vouchers or gift cards would prove invaluable for many reasons including; allowing our ladies who follow a religion or have special diet requirements to go out and select what they require, ones who have intolerances or allergies and of course just simply to have the freedom to have a choice in what they eat.

Any major supermarket brands accepted. Please post or hand in to Head Office.