Centre for Learning and Practice Development

Welcome to the Women’s Aid Centre for Learning and Practice Development. Women’s Aid offer a range of specialist courses for workers and professionals designed to enhance understanding of domestic abuse and coercive control and provide the opportunity to develop skills to respond safely and effectively to those subjected to it.

Based on our years of supporting women subjected to domestic violence and abuse, and national and international evidence of best practice, our training programmes offer workers and professionals the opportunity to contribute positively to a person’s journey to safety and freedom.

Women’s Aid Training Options

Explore our courses and become part of a movement towards a zero tolerance, more equitable society.

Support for employers

Women’s Aid’s Employment Engagement Project supports employers to create an understanding and safe workplace environment for victims/survivors of domestic abuse. Learn more.

Training for my team/organisation

Women’s Aid training provides professionals from the community & voluntary, statutory and other agencies with an opportunity to learn more how their response contributes to service users journeys to safety and well-being. Learn more.

Training for individuals

Are you a professional working at an community, voluntary, statutory or other agency, and want to learn more about how to support service users subjected to domestic abuse? If this sounds like you, explore our online training events where you can book a place today.

Maternity Project

Women’s Aid and four of Ireland’s leading maternity hospitals are working together to support women subjected to domestic violence and abuse, including coercive control, with a three-year pilot programme.

Our Training team

Women’s Aid Training and Development Department has a proven track record of designing and delivering specialist domestic violence and abuse training to local and national organisations throughout Ireland.

Our training team brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise and engage with a wide range of audiences including healthcare professionals, social workers, community workers, employers, lawyers, family support workers, Gardaí, domestic abuse support workers and employers.

Meet our team

Statutory Domestic Violence Leave Supports for Employers

Statutory Domestic Violence Leave commenced on Monday 27th November 2023. Women’s Aid, contracted by the Department of Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth, has produced free resources for employers to support the implementation of statutory domestic violence leave.

Visit www.DVatWork.ie

Get in touch

If you have any questions about Women’s Aid training not covered in the previous sections, please email training@womensaid.ie