
The Victims’ Bill: Women’s Aid comments
…the Government to put in place national multi-year ringfenced funding for specialist support services. This funding should include a separate pot for ‘by and for’ services, which are designed and…
…the Government to put in place national multi-year ringfenced funding for specialist support services. This funding should include a separate pot for ‘by and for’ services, which are designed and…
…government funding does not reflect the reality of domestic abuse, leaving vital services struggling to meet the needs of women and their children without any dedicated funding. This trend is…
…as outreach, floating support or advocacy) without funding, 37% ran prevention/educational work without funding, 34% ran refuge accommodation without funding and 31% ran therapeutic support services without funding. For services…
…of their service’s work. Our 2020 Fragile Funding Landscape report found that more than 1 in 5 refuge services in England received no local authority commissioned funding in 2019/20 (60…
…abuse support Funding Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors Domestic Abuse and Money Education Fragile funding landscape Women’s Aid data on domestic abuse provision Funding a National Network of Refuges Funding…
…funding. However, meanwhile, around a fifth reported delays (22.5%) and shorter-term (17.5%) funding and over a third (33.8%) reported more demands for data, which were placing more strains on their…
…are being forced to run their vital therapeutic support without any dedicated funding, while survivors desperate for help are unable to access the support they need to rebuild their lives…
…survey this year were running an area of their domestic abuse service without dedicated funding during 2023-24. The most common area of service that organisations were running without dedicated funding…
…told us that they had received funding from their local authority for community-based support in 2020-21. However, this funding often did not cover full costs of delivering services. Services faced…
…increased rent for premises, other increased costs (e.g. food or supplies), funding not rising in line with costs or another financial issue. More than half of Women’s Aid members (59%)…