…of funding for specialist women’s refuges. This work was taken forward in light of a funding crisis that refuges have been tackling over the past few years. The hybrid model…
…who experienced domestic abuse received support from a refuge or community-based support service. Estimates show that 60.1% of referrals into refuge services were rejected over the past year. The most…
…charts the struggle to take on domestic violence, and to set up refuges, reflecting on their early concerns, passions and politics. Now refuges are commonplace, even though facing cutbacks and…
…(for example, spaces in women’s refuges). There is also lots of information about refuges (for example, what a refuge is, who can stay in a refuge, how to access a…
…refuge services in England received no local authority commissioned funding in 2019/20 (60 out of 269 refuge services) 18.5% of all refuge bedspaces running in November 2020 were not funded…
…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…
Use and provision of refuge services in London Since 2013, London Councils have funded the London Refuges Data Collection. The project aims to support the commissioning of services by using…
…was called the Women’s Aid National Domestic Violence Helpline. I have also worked for a local refuge, both in the refuge itself and on its helpline. Currently, I work on…
Experiences of financial hardship whilst seeking a refuge space This publication was developed using the findings from the No Woman Turned Away (NWTA) project. This report explores how survivors navigate…
