Women’s Aid News

VAWG Sector Joint Statement on Social Housing Allocations Consultation   We are deeply concerned about the proposed changes to social housing allocations as a means to tackle a chronic lack of suitable social housing. The ‘British homes for British people’ proposals would create further barriers and discrimination towards survivors of domestic abuse and other forms […]

Women’s Aid and sector colleagues send letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget Announcement   Ahead of the Spring Budget on 6 March, leading national organisations representing violence against women and girls (VAWG) services in England and Wales are urgently calling on the Chancellor to prioritise funding for lifesaving services and prevent them

50 years of Women’s Aid and my three years at the federation’s helm – what does the next 50 years look like?    This year is an incredibly special one for us as an organisation – 50 years since we were founded. Born out of the women’s movement of the 70s and 80s, we have

Three years on from the murder of Sarah Everard   Farah Nazeer, chief executive at Women’s Aid, comments:   “Today marks three years since the murder of Sarah Everard, with the first findings of the inquiry report looking at the missed opportunities to stop her murderer, former police officer, Wayne Couzens, published only days before. The

Domestic abuse services struggling to fill critical gaps in a challenging landscape, exacerbated by the rising cost-of-living   National domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid is marking 50 years of supporting women and children, but a new report published today highlights that our services are needed now more than ever. The annual Domestic Abuse Report highlights

Women’s Aid highlights the ongoing challenges that rising cost-of-living poses to specialist domestic abuse services at the Women and Equalities committee  Today, Women’s Aid gave evidence at the Women and Equalities committee, highlighting how the ongoing cost-of-living challenges are pushing specialist domestic abuse services to breaking point, with real concerns about services having to turn

Women’s Aid welcomes £2 million fund to help survivors of domestic abuse   Women’s Aid is delighted to be working with the Home Office, member services and sector peers to help distribute an additional £2 million in funding to provide one-off payments to survivors of domestic abuse to help them flee, and stay fled, from abusers.