CLD works alongside the pupil support department to improve the skills, develop the confidence and improve the outcomes of our young people. CLD offers a range of opportunities to pupils through skills based projects and youth worker led support groups.

Gryffe Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation founded in 1981 and is Scotland’s first Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Aid Group. Initially 15 women volunteered to run the refuge in Inverclyde to accommodate the growing number of Asian women fleeing domestic abuse. The project was initially named Gryffe Womens Aid as the first refuge was situated near the river Gryffe in Kilmacolm for sixteen years.

The organisation remains true to the beliefs and values of the founding members in all aspects of service provision. We have been providing a culturally sensitive bilingual specialised service for over 40 years including refuge accommodation, outreach, and follow-on services primarily to women, children, and young people from the minority ethnic community.

We employ 9 staff members from a diverse range of backgrounds, dedicated to the work of the project who are highly skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced.

Our commitment is to the vulnerable women, children and young people requiring our help, support, and protection.

Our vision is to continue to maintain excellence in all aspects of service provision.

We are grateful to the support we receive from our funders for the financial support to the organisation to allow service provision to flourish.

Finally, we acknowledge the immense courage of women, children and young people and their bravery in escaping the clutches of domestic abuse, confronting cultural barriers enabling them to live a safer and prosperous life free from abuse.