An insight into the unique value that specialist domestic abuse services provide to survivors and society
Womens Aid
by Chloe Browning
9h ago
An insight into the unique value that specialist domestic abuse services provide to survivors and society By Phoebe Nicholson-Pallett, Research and Evaluation Officer As part of our Annual Audit 2024, Women’s Aid heard from 104 domestic abuse organisations [1], with the aim of better understanding the unique value that specialist services offer to survivors of abuse, including children, as well as to local communities and society. This includes specialist ‘By & For’ services that are run by and for particular groups of marginalised women. We found that specialist domestic abuse services wo ..read more
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VAWG Sector Joint Statement on Social Housing Allocations Consultation
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
3d ago
VAWG Sector Joint Statement on Social Housing Allocations Consultation   We are deeply concerned about the proposed changes to social housing allocations as a means to tackle a chronic lack of suitable social housing. The ‘British homes for British people’ proposals would create further barriers and discrimination towards survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), preventing them from accessing safe and affordable housing at a time when local councils are on their knees, facing unprecedented financial difficulties and demand for social housing ..read more
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Leading Violence Against Women and Girls organisations issue urgent joint letter to Government highlighting the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis in the sector 
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
1w ago
Leading Violence Against Women and Girls organisations issue urgent joint letter to Government highlighting the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis in the sector  Today, Women’s Aid, alongside 57 sector colleagues, have issued an urgent letter to the Government highlighting the deepening recruitment and retention crisis within the sector, calling for an independent task force to be established to tackle the issue and ensure that adult and child survivors continue receiving life-changing support.   Organisations supporting survivors have faced a funding crisis for over a dec ..read more
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Women’s Aid responds to Victims’ Commissioner’s report on victim advocates
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
2w ago
Women’s Aid responds to Victims’ Commissioner’s report on victim advocates Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid, comments:   “We are pleased to see the new report from the Victims’ Commissioner, looking at the vital role played by victim advocates when it comes to supporting survivors going through the justice system.     “It is however, heartbreaking to see that a record number of survivors withdraw from the process of obtaining justice due to wholly unacceptable backlogs and waits. We know from working with survivors that many aspects of the system are incr ..read more
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Who is missing in the data? What the available data on domestic abuse does and doesn’t tell us about women’s experiences 
Womens Aid
by Alicia Brooks
3w ago
Who is missing in the data? What the available data on domestic abuse does and doesn’t tell us about women’s experiences   When it comes to responding to crime, it can be said with certainty that data matters – it matters when it comes to establishing who is most vulnerable, who the likely perpetrators are, what the underlying causes are and what can be gleaned from the data to keep those who are vulnerable, safe. While data on domestic abuse is available, it contains gaps which leave us with questions about the women’s lived experiences, while also often concealing the gendered nature of ..read more
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Women’s Aid responds to the Budget 2024
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
3w ago
Women’s Aid responds to the Budget 2024 Farah Nazeer, chief executive at Women’s Aid, comments:   “The government has left the future of lifesaving domestic abuse services in doubt today. These critical services, which provide safety and support for thousands of women and children every year, are at crisis point. For nearly a decade, these services have faced a catalogue of challenges and they are now at severe threat across the country due to local council funding cuts.   “Small women’s organisations and services led ‘by and for’ Black and minoritised women will be hardest h ..read more
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Women’s Aid responds to Gary Goldsmith becoming a Celebrity Big Brother contestant
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
3w ago
Women’s Aid responds to Gary Goldsmith becoming a Celebrity Big Brother contestant Women’s Aid spokeswoman comments:   “The decision to include a man who has been charged, and pleaded guilty to, assaulting his wife, in the Celebrity Big Brother house demonstrates the lack of awareness that the production team has when it comes to survivors of domestic abuse.     “The producers should consider how Gary Goldsmith’s appearance will impact women who have survived domestic abuse and how they will feel watching him on TV every night.   “At Women’s Aid we would ..read more
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Women’s Aid and sector colleagues send letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget Announcement
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
3w ago
Women’s Aid and sector colleagues send letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget Announcement   Ahead of the Spring Budget on 6 March, leading national organisations representing violence against women and girls (VAWG) services in England and Wales are urgently calling on the Chancellor to prioritise funding for lifesaving services and prevent them from being left behind in April 2025.   The letter sets out the multiple funding crises facing specialist services supporting women and children experiencing domestic abuse, sexual violence, forced marriage, ‘honour-based’ abuse ..read more
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Domestic abuse services struggling to fill critical gaps in a challenging landscape, exacerbated by the rising cost-of-living
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
1M ago
Domestic abuse services struggling to fill critical gaps in a challenging landscape, exacerbated by the rising cost-of-living     National domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid is marking 50 years of supporting women and children, but a new report published today highlights that our services are needed now more than ever. The annual Domestic Abuse Report highlights the ongoing challenges that the rising cost-of-living, alongside shortages in funding, present to domestic abuse services across England. The report is especially significant, during ongoing financial precarity of local ..read more
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Women’s Aid responds to the Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation National Expert Steering Group Annual Progress Report
Womens Aid
by Viktoriya Maclugash
1M ago
Women’s Aid responds to the Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation National Expert Steering Group Annual Progress Report   Lucy Hadley, head of policy at Women’s Aid, comments:     “We welcome the publication of the second progress report on the delivery of statutory duty for local authorities to fund support in safe accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse. This duty was a landmark step forward in recognising the importance of secure funding for specialist women’s refuges, who not only provide survivors with a place of safety, but expert, wraparound support to thousands o ..read more
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