Apart from its Athlone based centre, similar services were currently being provided at a shelter in Worcester called the Eerste Begin Shelter. It provided women and children with a 24-hour emergency shelter facility, counselling and empowerment programme for the women of the Worcester vicinity. The SBC worked with a number of NGO partners located at the facility. It provided a holistic range of services to women who were victims of domestic violence, capacitating them to become financially independent and re-enter the workforce. The NGO partner projects included the following: