Sonas offers support, refuge and housing to women and children made homeless because of domestic and gender-based violence.
The Sonas mission statement is:
….is to provide high quality housing support and refuge services to women and children affected by domestic violence, empowering them to regain control over all aspects of their lives.
Our key practice principles are:
- Maximise women and children’s safety
- Empower women to move from crisis to safety and independence through the provision of quality services
- Advocate for the rights of women and children at an individual, institutional and policy level
- Provide a woman- and child-centred approach that recognises the diverse needs and experieinces of service users
- Apply an evidence-based and outcome-focused approach to all elements of our work.
History
Sonas was set up in 1992. Our first housing complex opened in Killester in 1996. Sonas Housing Association grew out of the recognition by Women’s Aid of the need to support women who had left crisis accommodation and who had ongoing support needs.
Sonas now has 105 housing units in eight different areas of Dublin. It opened its first women’s refuge, Viva House, in June 2010.
