Ms Marie Brown:

Absolutely. Sometimes we tend to think of those affected as women who experience social deprivation. That is not the case. We have outreach workers who go out into the community and into family homes. It can happen to women from every walk of life. We also take referrals in respect of men and then signpost them. In the past couple of weeks we received referrals in respect of three gay men who suffered domestic violence in their relationships and we were able to signpost these forward.

The justice centre will be inclusive of everybody. If someone walks in and we do not have a service for them, then we will learn to provide it. The centre will be an evolving one. The services are already in place but we are just not working as effectively as we could. If we house them all together, it will be a build-to-save project because we can cut down on the resources required and then redistribute them where they are needed - by the people. We provide social economy training. The social economy business managed to give £30,000 to Foyle Women's Aid last year and this money was put towards building a crèche and child care facility.

Another thing we are doing is looking at breaking the cycle. In that context, we are examining the position with regard to young people and babies. We need to intervene in this regard in order to break the cycles to which I refer. We provide massage facilities and health visitors come in to the centre. We are using and sharing our resources. I am currently working with social services to put a manager in place. Instead of money, social services is going to give me a person. It is about being creative in how we share and it is also about not trying to own it ourselves. The focus must be on the victims.