Coventry Haven Women's Aid

15/09/2026

We’re recruiting two more opportunities to join Coventry Haven Women’s Aid!

We’re looking for 2 IRIS Advocate Educators to join our specialist team, working alongside GP practices across Coventry to improve the identification of domestic abuse and ensure patients can access specialist support.

🌟 Role 1: 12-month Maternity Cover
🌟 Role 2: Ongoing post, subject to continued funding
⏰ Both are 30 hours per week
💷 £31,537 per annum, pro rata
📅 Closing date: 5pm, 30 September 2026

Could you use your skills to help someone feel safer, heard and supported at a time when it matters most? Join our specialist team.

👉 Full details and application packs:

https://www.coventryhaven.co.uk/vacancies

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14/09/2026

Starting 14th Sept, it’s National Inclusion Week 💜 This year’s theme is Build Trust. Navigate Change.

Trust is particularly important when someone reaches out for support around domestic abuse.

Feeling listened to. Being believed. Having choices respected. Knowing that the person you are speaking to understands that your circumstances may be different from somebody else’s.

At Coventry Haven Women’s Aid, inclusion means recognising women as individuals and working to remove the barriers that can make asking for help even harder.

Throughout we’ll be sharing some of the ways inclusion connects with our work, in our services, our partnerships, our workplaces and across our communities.

www.coventryhaven.co.uk

14/09/2026

💛 We’ve achieved GOLD! 💛

We’re delighted that the Coventry IRIS programme, delivered by Coventry Haven Women’s Aid as Coventry’s specialist domestic abuse service and sole local provider of IRIS, has achieved Gold standard IRISi accreditation for 2026/27🌟

IRIS – Identification and Referral to Improve Safety – brings specialist domestic abuse expertise directly into primary care, helping GP teams to recognise domestic abuse, respond safely and confidently, and connect patients with specialist support.

Our Advocate Educators work alongside GP practices across Coventry, providing training and ongoing support to health professionals, as well as specialist advocacy and safety support for patients subjected to domestic abuse.

Achieving Gold is a lovely recognition of the commitment, knowledge and hard work of our IRIS team and of our continued commitment to delivering high-quality specialist domestic abuse services across Coventry 💜

A huge well done to everyone involved! 👏

https://www.coventryhaven.co.uk/iris-project

14/09/2026

14/09/2026

Being in a relationship does not mean giving up your right to consent.

Consent should be freely given. It should never come through fear, pressure, threats, manipulation or coercion.

Being married to someone, living with them or having consented before does not mean consent can ever be assumed.

A healthy relationship respects your boundaries, your choices and your right to say no.

If something doesn’t feel right in your relationship, you can talk to us on
📞 Coventry Haven Women’s Aid Helpline: 0800 111 4998 and 02476 444077

Confidential specialist support for people subjected to domestic abuse across Coventry.

💜 Sexual Health Week 14th – 20th September

www.coventryhaven.co.uk

14/09/2026

12/09/2026

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At Coventry Haven Women’s Aid, we are far more than just our confidential refuge accommodation.

We are the local specialist commissioned service in the City and alongside our safe refuge spaces for women and children subjected to domestic abuse, we provide a wide range of specialist community-based services across Coventry to ensure support is accessible, inclusive and responsive to all individual needs.

Our support includes:
• Community outreach
• Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs)
• Court support
• Children & family support
• GP-based IRIS support
• Sanctuary/home safety support
• Helpline support
• Group programmes
• Harmful practices & FGM support
• Training and awareness raising DA Champions project for workplaces

We know abuse affects those from all communities and backgrounds, which is why we work to make support as accessible as possible, including support in multiple languages and culturally informed services.

No-one should face domestic abuse alone. Support is available 💜

: 08001114998 / 02476444077

www.coventryhaven.co.uk

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11/09/2026

We’re recruiting!

Coventry Haven Women’s Aid is looking for a fulltime Early Intervention Team (EIT) worker – 37 hours per week.

If you’re passionate about supporting victim-survivors subjected to domestic abuse and want to join a specialist, experienced team, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Full details and application pack:

https://www.coventryhaven.co.uk/vacancies

Deadline for application: 30/09/26

10/09/2026

Can you help with vouchers please; we are unable to accept second hand items for this request.

Thank you in advance 🫶🏼

Can you help us prepare for the arrival of a little one? 🤱

One of the women we are supporting is due to have her baby and is in need of a pushchair and newborn car seat.

We would love to help her choose these safely for herself and her baby, so we are asking for gift vouchers for Smyths or Argos.

Vouchers of any value would be hugely appreciated and can be put together towards these essential items.

For safety and practical reasons, unfortunately we are unable to accept second-hand pushchairs or car seats for this request.

If you would like to help a mum welcome her baby with some of the essentials she needs, we would be so grateful. Please call 02476444077 and ask for Vicky, or email [email protected]

Thank you for always helping us turn kindness into something very real for the women and children we support🙏

www.coventryhaven.co.uk Smyths Toys Superstores Argos