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…
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Unsuccessful referrals into refuge
On Track briefing: Unsuccessful referrals into refuge We have published new research using our On Track national dataset into the reasons why referrals into refuge services are unsuccessful. We looked…
Evidence Hub: SOS: Save Refuges, Save Lives
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…
Evidence Hub: Funding a National Network of Refuges: Providing a lifeline for families fleeing domestic abuse
…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…
Annual Audit 2025
…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…
Evidence Hub: Fragile funding landscape
…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…
Use and provision of refuge services in London
Use and provision of refuge services in London Since 2013, London Councils have funded the London Refuges Data Collection. The project aims to support the commissioning of services by using…
Evidence Hub: Experiences of financial hardship whilst seeking a refuge space
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…
Evidence Hub: The Domestic Abuse Report 2021
…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…
Evidence Hub: The Domestic Abuse Report 2020
…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…