QNET for women exposed to violence
Qnet is an initiative for women who have experienced and broken with violence in close relationships. It is for women and children who, for example, have lived in a shelter or who have broken with violence in other ways.
BECOME PART OF QNETIt can be difficult to find your footing in life again after a breakup with an abusive relationship. We know that it takes everything you have to break out of it and that you can stand quite alone on the other side.
At Qnet, we create community, peace and a safe environment for those who have broken with violence. We have a community for women and children, as well as the opportunity to get a 1:1 volunteer who can support your situation.
ONE-TO-ONE
If you have left an abusive relationship or have lived in a shelter, it may be beneficial for you to become part of Qnet.
If you prefer a one-on-one relationship, you can read more below.
1:1 in Qnet is for you who:
– Have experienced violence in a close relationship and have broken up with the violent party
– Need extra support in your life from a volunteer who would like to support your situation
– Not have an active substance abuse or an untreated serious mental illness
– Can speak Danish or English at a conversational level.
– Have the desire and motivation to get to know a new person.
It is expected that you would like to meet with a volunteer approximately 2-3 times a month for 1 year.
In addition, you are expected to keep us updated if anything in your security situation changes, so we are sure that the volunteer is also in safe hands.
- You can be matched with a volunteer who fits your wishes and needs.
- The volunteers come from very different backgrounds and are not professionals. They are there because they want to be of service to another person.
- We meet approximately 2-3 times a month for a couple of hours.
- Together you find out what you would like to spend your time on. The volunteer generally supports you in your situation, depending on what you need support for. It may be that you need a conversation partner and someone to talk to about everyday worries. It may be that you need support for meetings with the municipality or in your role as a mother. It may also be that you just need a new person in your life, with whom you can talk about big and small things and go to a cafe with.
- The 1:1 support generally lasts for 1 year.
You fill out the form via debt link
One of our volunteer team leaders will then contact you by phone. If you wish, we can send a text message before calling so you know the number.
You will arrange a time when you can talk and where the team leader will tell you a little more about Qnet, and hear more about your thoughts and wishes.
If you still want a 1:1 volunteer, the team leader will start looking for a match for you.
When they have found a good match, then you will arrange a day where you, the team leader and your match can meet and get to know each other.
If after the first meeting you still want to continue, then the process starts then.
COMMUNITY
If you have left an abusive relationship or have lived in a shelter, it may be beneficial for you to become part of Qnet.
If you prefer to become part of a community, you can read more below.
The Qnet community is for you who:
- Have experienced violence in a close relationship and have broken up with the violent party
- Want to meet other women and children and be part of a community
- Our community activities are primarily aimed at women with children, but you are also welcome if you do not have, for example, small children, and would like to meet other women.
- Not have an active substance abuse or an untreated serious mental illness.
- Can speak Danish or English at a conversational level
Have the desire and motivation to get to know new people.
- You are expected to participate in our events regularly.
- That you meet the other women, children and volunteers with respect for each other.
- That you notify the volunteers if you are unable to participate in something you have signed up for.
- Every 4-6 weeks, our volunteers invite other women who are in the same situation as you to an event.
- At the networking events, women, children and volunteers meet and eat together, go on excursions or do other things together.
- There is ample opportunity for fun, conversation and socializing with others who are also in the process of creating a good life after the violence.
You fill out the form via debt link:
One of our volunteer team leaders will then contact you by phone. If you wish, we can send a text message before calling so you know the number.
The volunteer will tell you more about Qnet and what we do together.
If you still want to participate in the community, you will be invited to our next event, where you will meet the other women and the volunteers. You can then register for the next events via the email that the volunteers send out.
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
As a volunteer at Qnet, you will help make a big difference for women who are coming out on the other side after breaking up with an abusive relationship.
- That you are helping to make an important difference for women and children who are moving forward after breaking with violence.
- You will become part of a team with other volunteers and two volunteer team leaders.
- You will help plan events for women and children together with the other volunteers, and can be given lots of responsibility and ownership for special activities.
- You will become part of the volunteer environment in the Danish Red Cross Capital with summer parties, theme nights, courses and much more.
- That you think it is meaningful to work with abused women and children.
- That you are good at taking initiative and following through on what has been agreed upon.
- That you are open, smiling and good at getting to know new people.
- That you can see yourself as a volunteer for at least 1 year, and that you will participate in our basic course for new volunteers.
- That you can participate in approximately one event per month + planning meetings with the other volunteers.
If you see yourself in the above, please send us an application via debt link
You will then be contacted by one of our volunteer team leaders, who will invite you to a volunteer interview, where you will find out together if you are a good match for the role. You will also be informed in more detail about the further process.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What difference does Qnet make?
Many women who have been part of Qnet experience a better sense of well-being. 79% of women believe that Qnet has had a positive impact on how they feel today. The same applies to children, with 94% of mothers expressing that their children have had good experiences with other children in Qnet.
89% of the women who participate in the networking events experience that they are part of a community where they can share small and big thoughts, and that they build a network through Qnet.
Last but not least, 94% of women express that they have become somewhat or largely better able to change their own life situation in a positive direction.
One of the participants from Qnet expresses, for example: “If Qnet hadn't been there, I think I would have been completely lost. They have helped me stand on my own two feet and do all the things that I can do today.".
Who are the volunteers?
Volunteers in Qnet are young, old, students, retirees and women from very different backgrounds. What they all have in common is that they are women with energy and a desire to help other women. All volunteers are bound by confidentiality.
If you work with people who have been subjected to violence?
If you work with people who have been exposed to violence and have questions about the intervention, you are welcome to contact us.
If you know of a woman who has broken with violence and who you think would benefit from Qnet, please contact us.
If you work with men or people of other genders who have been subjected to violence, we would like to hear from you as we are looking into creating a similar effort for other genders.
Need more information?
If you have any questions about Qnet, you are always welcome to contact us.inge to us every weekday between 9 am and 16 pm by phone 38336400 or send us an email at rkh.qnet@rodekors.dk
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