Gryffe Women’s Aid

What Gryffe Women’s Aid does

Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid (formerly Gryffe Women's Aid) is a Glasgow-based Scottish registered charity (SC012849) and company limited by guarantee (SC419662), founded in 1981 as Scotland's first Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic Women's Aid group. It delivers refuge accommodation (self-contained flats for women and children under 16 fleeing abuse), crisis and outreach support, community-based services across Glasgow neighbourhoods, helpline and drop-in access (9am–4:30pm, Monday–Friday), school-based support for children, and specialist guidance on domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based abuse, and immigration/No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) issues including the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC). Service users are women, children, and young people from Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic communities facing abuse, forced marriage, or honour-based abuse, supported by a diverse bilingual staff team.

The organization does not operate technology products; its core delivery is in-person refuge, outreach, and casework supported by a multi-language awareness animation series co-produced with Police Scotland and available in ten languages plus British Sign Language. It also offers paid training packages to external organizations on BAME-specific abuse, forced marriage, honour-based abuse, and NRPF issues. There is no proprietary software, app, or AI component described in the available data.

The business model is that of a non-profit: services are provided free of charge to survivors, and revenue is derived from charitable grants — principally Glasgow City Council's Community Fund, with additional support from the Scottish Government, the Home Office Forced Marriage Unit, and other charitable foundations. GTM is direct-to-survivor through refuges, helpline, drop-in, and community outreach, supplemented by referral partnerships with Police Scotland, Scottish Women's Aid, Shakti Women's Aid, Rape Crisis Scotland, Scottish Refugee Council, and specialist legal firms. Funder concentration in Glasgow City Council is the principal commercial risk vector.

Name

Gryffe Women’s Aid

Legal name

Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid

Website

https://hematgryffe.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid is a Glasgow-based Scottish charity founded in 1981 that provides refuge, crisis, outreach, and specialist support to women, children, and young people from Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic communities experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage, and honour-based abuse, funded primarily by grants including Glasgow City Council's Community Fund.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality, Inclusion & Social Protection Programs (BPADABAK), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Domestic abuse support
• Refuge accommodation services
• Forced marriage support
• Honour-based abuse support
• BME women's aid services

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable funding and grants: Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid operates as a registered charity (SC012849) and company limited by guarantee (SC419662), funded primarily through grants from public bodies and charitable foundations. The organization receives funding from Glasgow City Council Community Fund and is grateful to funders who enable service delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid provides free refuge accommodation, crisis, outreach and community-based support to women, children and young people from Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic communities who are experiencing domestic abuse, forced marriage or honour-based abuse. The organization complements this core refuge/outreach model with specialist support covering immigration and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) cases, dedicated children and young people services, organizational training, and a multilingual educational animation series developed in partnership with Police Scotland.

Product overview

Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid is Scotland's first Asian, Black and Minority Ethnic Women's Aid group, providing a comprehensive suite of domestic abuse support services. The organization operates as a single unified service offering centered around refuge accommodation for women and children, complemented by crisis and outreach support, community-based services, and specialized support for forced marriage, honour-based abuse, and immigration issues. Core services include refuge accommodation, crisis/outreach support, and children and young people services. Specialized support offerings address domestic abuse, forced marriage, and honour-based abuse. Additional offerings include training packages for external organizations and an animation series developed with Police Scotland for awareness and education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Refuge Accommodation

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Police ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose partnership to ensure safety of women, children and young people. Police Scotland refers survivors and provides support. Joint animation series created to help victim-survivors understand their rights and support available. The organization advocates for women with police authorities.
• Glasgow Women's AidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen's Aid network partner providing mutual support and referrals for women experiencing domestic abuse.
• Scottish Women's AidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of Women's Aid groups - provides support, resources, and collaborative opportunities.
• Shakti Women's AidmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdinburgh-based partner providing support to Black and minority ethnic women. Mutual referral relationship.
• Rape Crisis ScotlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partner for sexual violence support services.
• Scottish Refugee CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partner for refugee women experiencing domestic abuse. Helps access support services.
• Glasgow City CouncilcoreOthersPrimary funder through Community Fund that has increased support to victim-survivors across Glasgow. Also provides homeless services and accommodation referrals.
• The Home Office Forced Marriage UnitmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK government unit dealing with forced marriage. Partnership for referrals and support for forced marriage survivors.
• The Scottish GovernmentmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScottish Government supports forced marriage services and campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
• Fleming & Reid, Solicitor AdvocatesmajorOthersLegal partner specializing in family law, criminal law, domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based abuse. Contact: 0141 331 1144.
• R H & Co, SolicitorsmajorOthersLegal partner specializing in immigration law. Located at 327-329 Paisley Road West, Glasgow. Contact: 0141 419 0897.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Jewish Women's Aid: UK charity providing culturally sensitive support to Jewish women experiencing domestic abuse and forced marriage; operates with a similar cultural-specialist model to Hemat Gryffe but for the Jewish community rather than broader BAME populations.
• Rape Crisis Scotland: National body coordinating sexual violence support services across Scotland; provides adjacent crisis services and shares a referral network with Hemat Gryffe but specializes in sexual violence rather than domestic abuse.

Regional players

• Scottish Refugee Council: Edinburgh-headquartered charity providing integration support, advice, and refugee services in Scotland; functions as a referral partner for Hemat Gryffe and serves overlapping populations (refugee and migrant women experiencing abuse) from an adjacent service angle.

Direct peers

• Glasgow Women's Aid: Local Glasgow-based Women's Aid group providing refuge and community support to women and children experiencing domestic abuse; directly comparable in geography and service mix, but Hemat Gryffe specializes in the BAME segment while Glasgow Women's Aid serves women more broadly.
• Ashiana Network: London-based specialist charity supporting women from BAME communities facing domestic abuse, forced marriage, and honour-based abuse; provides nearly identical services (refuge, outreach, immigration/NRPF support) to Hemat Gryffe but in London instead of Scotland.
• Karma Nirvana: UK charity dedicated to supporting victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage; operates a national helpline and advocacy services. Highly comparable in mission focus on forced marriage and honour-based abuse but lacks refuge provision.
• Shakti Women's Aid: Edinburgh-based specialist BAME women's aid charity offering refuge, outreach, and forced marriage support; closest direct competitor on the BAME niche and forced marriage specialism, operating in Central Scotland.

Broad incumbents

• Scottish Women's Aid: National federation of Women's Aid groups in Scotland; analogous to Hemat Gryffe's core mission of supporting women experiencing domestic abuse, but operates as an umbrella body rather than a direct BAME-specialist service provider.
• Women's Aid Federation of England: National umbrella body coordinating Women's Aid services across England; comparable mission and political advocacy footprint, though England-focused and broader in scope than Hemat Gryffe's Glasgow-based BAME niche.
• Refuge (UK): Largest UK domestic abuse charity operating the National Domestic Abuse Helpline and a national network of refuges; broader scale and geographic reach than Hemat Gryffe, with overlapping service lines but no BAME-specialist positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HematGryffe.org.uk
• Instagraminstagram.com/hematgryffewomensaid
• Xx.com/Hematgryffe_aid

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