Rail to Refuge: impact briefing
Rail to Refuge: impact briefing The Rail to Refuge scheme offers free train travel to women, children and men fleeing domestic abuse, who have been given an offer of a…
Rail to Refuge: impact briefing The Rail to Refuge scheme offers free train travel to women, children and men fleeing domestic abuse, who have been given an offer of a…
SOS: Save Refuges, Save Lives The Women’s Aid SOS: Save Refuges, Save Lives campaign is calling for the national network of refuges to be protected and funded to better protect…
…of funding for specialist women’s refuges. This work was taken forward in light of a funding crisis that refuges have been tackling over the past few years. The hybrid model…
…refuge services in England received no local authority commissioned funding in 2019/20 (60 out of 269 refuge services) 18.5% of all refuge bedspaces running in November 2020 were not funded…
Experiences of financial hardship whilst seeking a refuge space This publication was developed using the findings from the No Woman Turned Away (NWTA) project. This report explores how survivors navigate…
…57.2% of refuge referrals declined during the year – 18.1% of all referrals were turned down due to lack of capacity in the refuge The number of spaces in refuge…
…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…
…half of refuge vacancies could accommodate a woman with two children. Shortfalls persist in refuge bedspaces and vacancies: The increase we saw in the number of bedspaces during 2020-21 (largely…
…in some of the tables. Key Findings The services users: An estimated 3,557 women with 3,919 children stayed in refuge on the Day to Count (4th July 2017) across all…
…2017. (Routes to Support) The number of refuge bed spaces in England falls short of the minimum number recommended by the Council of Europe by 1,715 bed spaces. (Routes to…