GWA Earns DACA Accreditation
We are pleased to announce that Grampian Women’s Aid has successfully completed mentoring support with the DACA Accreditation Project.
Our Grampian Women’s Aid Women’s Service Manager said:
“Here at GWA we are proud to announce our DACA Service ( Domestic Abuse Court Advocacy) has successfully completed a period of mentoring support with our colleagues from the DACA Accreditation Project, following the launch of our service in March 2025.
This opportunity has been invaluable to our service and afforded the opportunity for great partnership working and advanced learning from the knowledge and expertise of services across Scotland who have been delivering DACA to complainers navigating the justice system for many years.
We take great pride in delivering specialist services in Aberdeenshire.”
The DACA Accreditation Project said:
“Grampian Women’s Aid began mentoring with us in September 2024. The mentoring involved specialist DACA worker training and the development of a standardised way of working with local criminal justice partners. In March 2025, only six months after the mentoring support began, Grampian Women’s Aid launched the DACA Service, offering women in the North of Scotland domestic abuse court advocacy support for the first time. Grampian Women’s Aid took an incremental approach to the development of their DACA service: initially offering support to women involved as complainers in domestic abuse criminal court cases in Peterhead Sheriff Court. Once they had established effective ways of working and grown in confidence, they extended the support to include women complainers involved in domestic abuse criminal court cases in Banff Sheriff Court.
The DACA Service is a great success for Grampian Women’s Aid and women in Aberdeenshire. The DACA Accreditation Project has thoroughly enjoyed working alongside the team during this journey and to see how the service has developed.”
You can read more about the GWA DACA service here
You can learn more about Grampian Women’s Ais DACA Mentoring Journey here