About us
Background
Onus (NI) Ltd was established in 2007 by Women’s Aid Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne & Newtownabbey (ABCL&N) to develop their financial sustainability and maintain their core services to women and children affected by domestic violence.
Established as a social enterprise, the company provides a range of entrepreneurial projects including
- Onus Training and Consultancy Service
- Management of Women’s Aid’s property portfolio
As a social economy enterprise Onus (NI) Ltd supports Women’s Aid (ABCL&N) to fulfil its strategic aims and contributes to its social and economic sustainability by shedding its profits to Women’s Aid (ABCL&N).
Our Key Aims
- enhance the long term social and economic sustainability of Women’s Aid (ABCL&N).
- provide a specialised training and consultancy service in the field of domestic violence.
- Design and deliver quality training and workplace policy and procedure development across the statutory, voluntary and business sectors.
Property Management
Future Developments
- explore other initiatives for income generation for Onus (NI) Ltd such as conference and event planning.
ONUS is unique in its work, as it is the only Northern Ireland wide training organisation working within the field of Domestic Violence.
Click here for some key facts and figures.
Every minute in the UK, the Police receive a call from the public for assistance for domestic violence. This leads to police receiving an estimated 1,300 calls each day or over 570,000 each year. (Stanko, 2000).