Become a campaign champion
Hear the children or grieve them.
Nineteen more child homicides could have been prevented.
We’re calling for urgent change. Learn more.
Join our call to action! Campaign Champions support our national campaigns on a local level, give survivors of domestic abuse a voice and help to ensure that politicians and other key decision makers are listening to our campaign calls.
How does it work?
Our campaigns are full of actions for our Campaign Champions. Depending on how much time you have, you might sign a petition and an open letter, send a tweet, set up a meeting with your MP to raise awareness or secure local media coverage. We will write to you monthly through our campaigner newsletter and we will always send you the key information you need to take urgent action.
Join our campaign network and make a difference!
Campaigning has empowered me. Knowing that my voice is heard in the political sphere when I have spoken at Parliamentary events and at an APPG meeting, it’s important for me to know that my experiences will help other survivors and shape future legislation and service provision.
Tools and Resources
Our Campaign Champion Toolkit
The Campaigner Toolkit provides advice on getting started with your own campaign, who to target, talking to the media, actions you can take, staying safe, and has lots of exclusive top tips too.
Campaigning can be overwhelming. Use our suggested actions, learn from what works, celebrate all your achievements, and always remember looking after yourself throughout the process is vital!
Latest actions
Hear the children, or grieve them.
Nearly a decade after we exposed the deaths of 19 children due to failings in the family justice system and statutory services, a further 19 children have been killed in preventable circumstances by perpetrators of domestic abuse. 67 children have been killed by a parent who was also a perpetrator of domestic abuse, in circumstances relating to child contact, over the last 30 years.
Despite overwhelming evidence, and the government’s own recommendations set out in the Harm Panel report five years ago, lack of political and professional will has halted any attempts to remove the presumption of contact and improve the safety of women and children in the family justice system.
We’re highlighting the risks to children posed by our family justice system and statutory services, who prioritise ‘pro-contact culture’ with domestic abusers.
How many more children will we have to report and grieve before the government, statutory agencies and family court professionals are held to account for failing to keep children safe?
Action: read the full report.
Campaigner action: Will you ask your MP to champion the voice of survivors of domestic abuse in Parliament?
We need more MPs championing the needs of survivors in Parliament. We have been building a network of Parliamentarians to elevate the voices of survivors by becoming a Parliamentary Champion. With your help, your local MP can become one of Women’s Aid’s Parliamentary Champions.
Action: Invite your MP today!
Parliamentary Champions are a network of MPs and Peers who elevate the voices of survivors of domestic abuse in Parliament. With a new cohort of MP recently parliament, our campaigners have helped us build our network of Parliamentary Champions by writing to their local MP. So far we’ve met with Champions and engaged them on funding, family courts and other pressing issues.
To support survivors and the work of Women’s Aid, Parliamentary Champions can use our digital badge on social media; table written and oral questions related to domestic abuse; quote Women’s Aid briefings, reports and survivor testimonies in debates; apply for debates on domestic abuse.
Our Parliamentary Champions are:
- Lee Barron MP
- Daisy Cooper MP
- Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
- Kirith Entwistle MP
- Andrew George MP
- Tracy Gilbert MP
- Tom Gordon MP
- Sir John Hayes MP
- Tom Hayes MP
- Kim Johnson MP
- Uma Kumaran MP
- Abtisam Mohamed MP
- Margaret Mullane MP
- Kate Osamor MP
- Shivani Raja MP
- Freddie van Mierlo MP
- Munira Wilson MP
Campaigner action: Follow the APPG on Twitter
Women’s Aid is the Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Domestic Violence and Abuse which has been set up as a forum to work with parliamentarians from across all political parties on the issue of domestic abuse. To keep updated on the work of the group, follow the twitter page and look out for information on meetings that you can join online.
Action: Follow today!
