📢Exciting News! - Funding Award for Early Intervention Project!
We are thrilled to announce some fabulous news! Thanks to the generous support from The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities Fund, we have secured vital funding for the next 3 years, to continue our incredibly important Early Intervention Project.
This initiative, which has been enormously successful in its pilot phase, is designed to reach more victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) and significantly improve access to specialist support services.
The #EarlyInterventionProject focuses on providing timely and crucial assistance to those at risk, ensuring they receive the help they need before situations escalate. By offering early support, we aim to prevent the cycle of abuse and create safer environments for victims and their families. The success of the project has shown the tremendous impact this approach can have, and with this new funding, we are excited to develop the project even further.
This funding will allow us to expand our reach, enhance our services, and make a real difference in the lives of those affected by DVA.
We would like to extend our thanks to our partners, Panahghar and West Midlands Police, for their continued collaboration and support. Working together, we have been able to achieve remarkable outcomes, and we look forward to strengthening these partnerships as we move forward with this vital project.
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Women's Aid 'Nowhere To Turn' Report 2024
From Women’s Aid: Today, we have published Nowhere to Turn 2024: Findings from the eighth year of the No Woman Turned Away project (NWTA Project), the latest edition of our annual report exploring findings from Women’s Aid’s NWTA Project and recommendations for key stakeholders.
Read the full Nowhere to Turn 2024 report and executive summary here
Women’s Aid will be holding a webinar exploring the findings of the Nowhere to Turn 2024 report on 1st August 2024 at 10am – 11:15am. Please register here to attend the webinar.
Key findings of the report include:
Women experienced a range of barriers to accessing refuge, imposed by structural inequalities:
These include women with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) (45.1%), mental health support needs (32.8%), and disability (28.4%). The proportion of women with NRPF increased by 8.5% compared with 2022.
Practitioners searched for refuge vacancies multiple times for many women, often with no spaces available. For 69 women, no refuge vacancies were available at least once and for 11 women, no refuge vacancies were available at least 10 times.
Women who faced multiple barriers found it particularly difficult to access refuge. Only 14 out of 193 (7.3%) women with two or more barriers, and only three out of 69 (4.3%) women with three or more barriers were accommodated in refuge.
Women stayed in a range of unsuitable places and experienced further abuse and hardship while waiting for safe accommodation:
23% of women spent time in emergency accommodation, 7.2% of women sofa-surfed and 2.9% of women slept rough.
The report details the experiences of women and children staying in emergency accommodation which lacked the specialist support needed for recovery from abuse, and sometimes lacked basic amenities.
22.2% of women experienced additional abuse from the perpetrator(s) and 6.6% of women experienced abuse from (an) additional perpetrator(s).
Statutory services often failed to meet their legal duties to support survivors:
In 2023, the NWTA Project and Women’s Aid’s Direct Services team recorded 87 separate incidents in which a statutory agency or other agency responded inappropriately to a survivor seeking help.
The NWTA practitioners support women and local services to ensure statutory services are meeting their duties to survivors.
The report makes recommendations for key stakeholders including for the NWTA project, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Treasury, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice.
If you have any questions or would like further information about our research, please contact researchandpolicy@womensaid.org.uk
Best wishes,
The Research and Evaluation Team at Women’s Aid
AGM For Year 2022-2023 - 24th July 2024
Coventry Haven Women’s Aid Annual General Meeting 2022-2023
You are warmly invited to attend Coventry Haven Women’s Aid AGM which takes place on:
Date: Wednesday 24th July 2024
Time: 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Online via Teams
We will be presenting our achievements and an update on our current work and new projects.
We really hope that you will join us.
To confirm your attendance and receive the online link, please RSVP to:
Email: eyates@coventryhaven.co.uk
** WE NEED YOUR INPUT ** Coventry Women's Partnership - Needs Analysis
On behalf of Coventry Women’s Partnership and Renaisi to invite you to complete a survey, which will inform a Women's Needs Analysis for Coventry Women’s Partnership.
Renaisi are an independent social enterprise that carries out research and evaluation for charities, local and central government and funders across the UK (https://renaisi.com/).
If you are, or you know someone, who works in, or has connections to services in Coventry, we’d value capturing your perspectives to feed into the needs analysis. All answers to the survey will be anonymous and it should take around 15-20 minutes.
The link to the survey is here: Coventry Women's Needs Analysis Survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CWPneedsanalysis
PLEASE SHARE the survey across your teams and networks.
Volunteers Week 2024
🌞🌷 A Big Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers! 🌷🌞
We had a lovely time at the weekend celebrating our dedicated volunteers with a garden party in the sunshine! 🌞Your support and hard work make everything we do possible, and it was a perfect day to show our gratitude.
Thank you for being the heart and soul of Coventry Haven Women's Aid. Your commitment helps us create a safe and nurturing environment for survivors of domestic abuse. We couldn't do it without you!
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Survey Requesting Views on a Male Service Provision for Coventry - Relate Coventry & Warwickshire
Coventry charity aims to provide specialist support for male domestic abuse victims
Relate is calling on as many people as possible, whether or not they have personally been subjected to abuse
Author: Lia DesaiPublished 28th May 2024
A charity in Coventry is reaching out to local men to help them develop a specialist service for domestic abuse victims.
Relate, a charity that support families and relationships, is exploring the development of a new service specifically tailored to support male victims of domestic abuse.
They have created a survey to understand the preferences, requirements, and suggestions of men of all ages in Coventry.
Relate is calling on as many people as possible, whether or not they have personally been subjected to abuse, to build a comprehensive picture of what is truly needed.
The research will also allow them to secure between £250,000 and £275,000 funding and have a service up and running within the next few years.
Susan Parkes, Services Manager, says support for male victims is scarce.
She said: “Male victim services are fewer and far between or they are smaller services, which are attached to female services - which is not ideal for men to access because obviously the workers are mostly female. And the services are geared around women and women's needs. Men were looking for different types of services to women. We've done a bit of research locally with male victims and they're looking at more counselling and legal support.”
Susan continued: “We're looking to provide an outreach service and a counselling service, so that we've got that option for male victims and that they will feel that this is somewhere that they can come and talk. We'll be able to give a variance of times for people to be seen because often the men will want to be seen in the evening rather in the daytime. So, we’re hopeful that we'll succeed in funding. But we need to really understand the local picture to be able to do that, which is why we've written this survey.”
Survey Link.
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY - NEW JOB ROLE!
We currently have the following job vacancy available:
JOB VACANCY
Do you want to be part of a dynamic team who work to promote the safety and well-being of women, children and young people affected by domestic violence and abuse?
As a result of the continued success and development of Coventry Haven Women’s Aid we are looking to recruit the following post:
IRIS ADVOCATE EDUCATOR
who will have responsibility for providing training to General Practices, ongoing support for health professionals and support and advocacy for patients.
NJC scale 6 pt18 - £29,269 per annum
37 hours per week
25 days leave + Bank Holidays
Benefits include ongoing training and development and Pension Contribution
For more information about the role please see the Job Description Form in this pack. To apply for the position please complete the application pack.
Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
In order for us to monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment strategy we would also appreciate if you would complete our Equality and Diversity questionnaire. This will not affect your application.
To obtain an application pack, please download the pack as shown below or email: hlenton@coventryhaven.co.uk
Please complete and return via email: hlenton@coventryhaven.co.uk
Closing date: 4pm on 10th May 2024
Shortlisting and invitation to interview by: 14th May 2024
Interviews will be held from 20th May 2024
Successful applicant to start: ASAP
On appointment eligible staff will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and provide references. We positively encourage applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities. We would particularly welcome applications from women who have additional language skills.
This post is applicable to women only. The role is covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (schedule9: Equality Act 2010). Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check before commencing employment.
PETITION: Remove Parental Responsibility from Child Sexual Offenders and Child Abusers
Please take a moment to consider endorsing and spreading the word about this petition as you feel appropriate:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/647584
Thank you
Run For Charity
🌟 Exciting Announcement! 🏃♀️🎉
We're thrilled to announce that Coventry Haven Women's Aid is now a proud member of Run for Charity! 🌟 Joining this incredible platform allows us to participate in various events, not just limited to running, and most importantly, gives you the opportunity to support us financially. 🙌
We also may have an allocation of tickets to those events that may be sold out! Why not have a look?
Whether you're a seasoned runner or simply looking for a fun way to give back, there's something for everyone on Run for Charity. By choosing Coventry Haven Women's Aid as your charity, you'll be directly contributing to our vital work in supporting survivors of domestic abuse. 💪
Visit our charity page on Run for Charity to learn more and get involved: RunForCharity
Together, let's lace up our running shoes and make a difference for those we support! 🌈👟 #RunForCharity #SupportSurvivors #MakeADifference
Women's Aid Annual Audit Report
The Women’s Aid Domestic Abuse Report 2024: The Annual Audit, has been released and looks at the provision and uptake of domestic abuse services in England, alongside the experiences of women and children who use them.
The latest edition of Women’s Aid’s annual publication revealed that the network of specialist domestic abuse services is at risk of dismantling if the acute funding and commissioning challenges they are facing are left unaddressed.
Some of the key findings of the report include:
Almost half (49.0%) of organisations surveyed had been running an area of their domestic abuse service in 2022-23 without any dedicated funding.
Over a third (33.7%) reported short-term contract lengths as a key challenge faced with commissioned funding this year.
Over half (57.7%) of the organisations surveyed reported they were struggling to recruit for vacant roles at the salaries they can pay, due to increases in the cost-of-living.
To read the full report, please click here.