Community response to domestic abuse and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic 2020 In addition to our report A Perfect Storm, Women’s Aid have produced a number of short reports…
…lives, as well as keeping the community safe and saving money. This includes recognising diversity of survivors and their experiences, engaging services in the community, identifying gaps and filling them,…
…who experienced domestic abuse received support from a refuge or community-based support service. Estimates show that 60.1% of referrals into refuge services were rejected over the past year. The most…
…13,414 women in refuge services and 154,306 women in community based services throughout the year 2016 – 2017 Demand exceeds capacity: 24.3% of referrals in 2016/17 to community-based services responding…
APPG 2018 Report: Creating a Truly Transformative Domestic Abuse Bill The APPG welcomes the pr oposed domestic abuse bill as a landmark opportunity to transform the national response to survivors…
…December 2018 to December 2019. The Change That Lasts approach aims to increase the number of women and children living free from abuse by improving the community, professional and specialist…
…Aid estimates that refuge services in England supported 10,592 women and 12,710 children and community-based services supported 103,969 women and 124,762 children Only 73.5% (50 out of 68) of the…
…lists for community-based services, and staff being unable to cope with extremely high workloads. 64% of refuge referrals were declined last year The number of refuge bed spaces in England…
…health support, and what an effective response looks like. The findings will inform Women’s Aid’s work to ensure that mental health support commissioned for survivors of domestic abuse meets the…
…having to move several times), challenging housing conditions, ongoing abuse, and financial burdens. Mixed responses from housing teams. Twenty-five of the 136 respondents to our survey had (at any point)…
