Women’s Aid responds to the government’s funding announcement Farah Nazeer, chief executive at Women’s Aid, said “The £19m announced in the budget today is not enough. Even with the £165m for next year, these figures are nowhere near the £393m needed to keep refuges and community-based services running sustainably. Specialist women’s domestic abuse services […]
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Women’s Aid responds to new amendments to the domestic abuse bill “Following the successful campaigning by survivors and organisations, the government has announced it will support amendments to the domestic abuse bill to criminalise threats to share intimate images; non-fatal strangulation; and post-separation abuse. Whilst these much-needed changes to the bill are welcome, we remain concerned the legislation continues to exclude migrant women from equal protection and support. This remains a significant gap in
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Many refuge spaces have no local authority funding Existing shortfall in refuge spaces would increase to 42% without non-commissioned services A new report published today by Women’s Aid reveals that a significant proportion of spaces in refuge services are run without any local authority commissioned funding. Furthermore, a disproportionate number of these spaces without funding
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Women’s Aid responds to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s funding announcement Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Women’s Aid said “We welcome the £125 million allocated to councils to fund the statutory duty, which is vital for stopping women and children escaping abuse from being turned away from the
Women’s Aid launches healthy relationship Expect Respect toolkit on Valentine’s Day as part of Yves Saint Laurent Beauty’s Abuse is Not Love programme On Valentine’s Day, the national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid will launch a toolkit to help children and young people recognise the key warning signs of abuse and promote healthy relationships, as part of Yves Saint Laurent Beauty UK’s Abuse is Not Love programme. The Expect Respect Healthy Relationship Toolkit produced by Women’s Aid is a prevention toolkit
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Over half of domestic abuse support services were running areas of work without dedicated funding The domestic abuse sector continues to face funding challenges, according to Women’s Aid’s The Domestic Abuse Report 2021: The Annual Audit. The report reviews how support services have fared during the financial year 2019 – 2020 and the findings will be announced at
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Women’s Aid welcomes Kay’s Law to provide better protection for survivors Lucy Hadley, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Women’s Aid, said “We welcome this much-needed change to the law. At Women’s Aid, we’ve been calling to reverse the pre-charge bail reforms since 2017, as these restrictions on the use of bail have left
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Women’s Aid responds to Ask for Ani codeword launch Nicki Norman, acting chief executive at Women’s Aid, said “Following the ‘Mask 19’ initiative in Spain and other European countries – where women can use a codeword to alert pharmacies about domestic abuse – the UK government is launching a similar approach. Survivors will be able to
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Farah Nazeer is announced as Women’s Aid new chief executive Farah Nazeer has been announced as the new chief executive of Women’s Aid and will take up her position on 1 March 2021. A charity executive with over 20 years of director-level experience, Farah is passionate about women’s rights. She has worked on women’s rights and gender issues
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How Covid-19 is impacting domestic abuse reports to the police Covid-19 and its associated restrictions are making leaving – and reporting – an abusive relationship more difficult. Katrin Hohl and Kelly Johnson share the preliminary findings of their research into how lockdowns make reporting to the police harder, alongside their recommendations for forces to prepare
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