Safety for Sisters

Safety4Sisters works to address the needs of the women we support by delivering specialist support which considers their safety, social, political, and economic needs.

Support is underpinned by several strands of services and activities, none of which operate in isolation but in tandem, providing a cascading system of support services to migrant women with no recourse to public funds.

Website

https://www.safety4sisters.org/

Email

info@safety4sisters.org

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Safety for Sisters

Safety for Sisters - Abonsh House

Last updated 25/06/25

Abonsh House is our specialist refuge based in Greater Manchester, providing short-term accommodation for up to four single migrant women with no recourse to public funds, who are experiencing gender-based violence.

• This includes single migrant women who have overstayed their visa conditions and those who are undocumented.

• Women residing in the refuge have access to intensive and specialist practical and emotional support to recover from their experience of gender-based violence.

• Once women have recourse to public funds, they will be supported to move on from Abonsh House, either to another refuge/specialist accommodation provider or by presenting at the Local Authority housing department.

How to access:

To make a referral into Abonsh House, please contact our team via info@safety4sisters.org. You will be provided with a referral form to complete and submit, which will be triaged by the management team. We will aim to respond to you as soon as we can. We will consider national referrals into Abonsh House, but we will prioritise referrals from within Greater Manchester.

Please note, we are a small team, and we receive a high number of referrals. Agencies and professionals should have exhausted all other routes to safety with the women they are supporting, prior to referring into Abonsh house.

Accommodation Status:

Not Accommodated

Aimed At:

Women and female identifying only

Category:

Housing

Tags:

Domestic Abuse
Refuge

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Address

Safety4Sisters, Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Manchester, M15 4ZY

Website: https://www.safety4sisters.org/abonsh-house

Contact Email: info@safety4sisters.org

Contact Phone

0161 464 9505

Service Capacity: Service is operating at normal capacity.
(last updated - 25/06/25)

Availability: No schedules available.

Eligibility

Immigration Status: All

Minimum Age: 18

Region: Greater Manchester

For migrant women with no recourse to public funds, who are experiencing gender-based violence

Interpreters

Languages: No information available

Safety for Sisters

Safety for Sisters - Violence Against Women and Girls Advocacy

Last updated 25/06/25

We provide specialist advocacy support to migrant women who are facing any form of gender-based violence, including but not limited to:

• Domestic Abuse

• Sexual Abuse

• Coercive control and emotional abuse

• Financial abuse

• Honour-based violence

• Forced Marriage

• Immigration Abuse

How to access:

If you are a professional and wish to make a referral to Safety4Sisters, please download and complete our agency referral form: https://www.safety4sisters.org/s/S4S-Updated-Referral-Form.docx

Email it to info@safety4sisters.org. We will aim to respond to you as soon as we can.

If you are a woman that wishes to access our support, please contact our helpline between the hours of 10am – 4pm.

If you are at risk or feel in danger, please contact the police by calling 999 immediately.