Irish Women Survivors Support Network

the irish women survivors support network (iwssn) supports, advises and campaigns for survivors of the irish institutional care system who live across the uk and attended institutions between the 1930s to 1990s. iwssn believes survivors deserve committed support to enable their recovery and make progress in their lives. through providing both practical support and advocacy, we can have a transformative effect on: • severe poverty and inequality ensuring all survivors have financial security is fundamental to securing a hopeful future. through offering one-to-one advice, we can help survivors access benefits and financial support they might be eligible for. campaigning on behalf of the survivor community, we fight for redress and against structural inequality. • poor mental and physical health healing painful mental scars and taking proactive steps to improve health, will in-turn improve quality of life. by running health and well-being classes for survivors, giving specialist advice an