Women’s Aid update Live Chat opening hours We provide lifesaving services to women and children experiencing abuse. But we have been forced to temporarily reduce the hours of our Live Chat Service because of an incredibly difficult funding climate which means we do not have the funds to keep it open as much. From the […]
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Women’s Aid updates proposed funding settlement In light of the welcome commitment from the Labour government to halve VAWG in a decade, there is renewed urgency to ensure that women’s services are sustainably funded to support all survivors. In our report Investing to Save, we set out a minimum annual funding settlement for specialist domestic abuse services
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The Family Justice Response to Domestic Abuse A new report The Family Justice Response to Domestic Abuse adds to a rapidly increasing evidence base of what is now confirmed to be deep-rooted, systematic problems in the family justice response to domestic abuse in England and Wales. This new publication reveals that many of these problems
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Women’s Aid seeking to commission an independent researcher for membership project Following on from the publishing of our single sex services statement, Women’s Aid is commencing work to improve our understanding, the experiences and practices of our member services who define themselves as trans inclusive. To do this we’ll be commissioning an independent researcher, preferably
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The Domestic Abuse Report 2024: The Annual Audit The Domestic Abuse Report 2024: The Annual Audit, situated in the context of our 50-year anniversary as a federation, looks at the provision and uptake of domestic abuse services in England. The report demonstrates how specialist domestic abuse services are working at, or even over, capacity more
Key findings from On Track and Routes to Support Key findings from our On Track and Routes to Support datasets from the year April 2022 to March 2023. These infographics present key findings on domestic abuse services and the women and children they supported in 2022/23. The information is drawn from Routes to Support, the
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Key findings from On Track and Routes to Support 2022 to 2023 Today we have published the key findings from our On Track and Routes to Support datasets from the year April 2022 to March 2023. Routes to Support is the UK violence against women and girls directory of services and refuge vacancies,
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Women’s Aid responds to the Harm Panel progress report Lucy Hadley, head of policy at Women’s Aid, said: “Almost three years on from the Harm Panel report, we have not seen evidence of ‘cultural changes’ to improve safety for women and children experiencing abuse. This was a landmark report and we had high hopes
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Women’s Aid responds to changes to controlling or coercive behaviour offence Isabelle Younane, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid, said: “We welcome the post-separation controlling and coercive behaviour provision of the Domestic Abuse Act, which comes into force today. Controlling and coercive behaviour is at the heart of domestic abuse and robust action
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Women’s Aid welcomes Mayor of London’s investment in women and girls impacted by violence Farah Nazeer, chief executive of Women’s Aid, said: “Economic abuse and domestic abuse go hand in hand. Almost three quarters of (73%) of women sharing housing and finances with their abusers have told us that the increased cost of living
