“Parental alienation”: A dangerous and harmful concept A Safe blog by Jenny Birchall, Senior Research and Policy Officer at Women’s Aid Over the last few years, the terms “parental alienation” and “alienating behaviour” have been used more and more – in the family courts, in children’s social work, on social media, and even in debates […]
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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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Domestic abuse bill: once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the response to domestic abuse The new chair Apsana Begum MP and new vice-chair Baroness Bertin of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on domestic violence and abuse said: “All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) may sound like another phrase from the Westminster bubble. But these cross-party groups cover everything from tackling
Network of refuges in England depends on services running with no funding By Maia Samuel, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer at Women’s Aid Monday 15th February 2021: Today, Women’s Aid published a new report, Fragile funding landscape: the extent of local authority commissioning in the domestic abuse refuge sector in England 2020 Read the report:
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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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