What it costs to flee abuse and stay safe
…very expensive. Survivors often do not have access to the money they need to flee, due to economic abuse, and the financial challenge has only been exacerbated by the cost…
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Safe blog: The barriers making survivors’ journeys to safety more difficult and dangerous
…new housing outcome including refuge, emergency accommodation and private rental. Women experienced further abuse and hardship while waiting for refuge; 24.0% experienced further abuse, 13.2% could not afford essentials and…
Domestic abuse support services face funding challenges
…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 the Women’s…
With the cost of living crisis preventing women from fleeing abuse, the government must act now to support survivors.
…300%. We built a 45% increase into our budgets, but the 300% increase has completely blown our financial plan for this year.” They went on to describe the impact this…
Private: Career skills
…Organising donations, financial responsibility Leadership and motivation Promoting the event Gaining support from managers/teachers with persuasion and presenting a plan Create your own event If you have an idea don’t…
Women’s Aid and sector colleagues send letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget Announcement
…of VAWG – including: ongoing budget cuts and urgent local authority financial pressures; short term, insecure funding which doesn’t reflect the true cost of service delivery; inflation and the rising…
Annual Audit 2025
…services in England during the 2023-24 financial year. The report demonstrates that whilst there have been some improvements in provision, the gap between provision and demand for domestic abuse services…
Change That Lasts
…it clearer, we have created an infographic to represent a woman’s journey and the journey she could have taken. This illustrates the enormous cost, in human and financial terms, of…
I’m worried about someone else
…use or threat of physical or sexual violence) Psychological and/or emotional abuse [1] Physical or sexual abuse Financial or economic abuse Harassment and stalking Online or digital abuse It’s important…
Myths about domestic abuse
…have no financial independence. Abusers often isolate their partners from family and friends in order to control them, making it even more difficult for an abused woman to exit the…