'Voices' - Domestic Abuse Commissioner - Nicole Jacobs
VOICES at the DAC
Set up by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (DAC), VOICES at the DAC is a virtual platform for victims and survivors of domestic abuse to stay connected to relevant policy, research, and practice development.
VOICES at the DAC aims to give victims and survivors opportunities to share their experience so they can influence change.
VOICES at the DAC will circulate a newsletter with opportunities to share your voice with domestic abuse organisations, universities, and local and national government. It will also include updates on the Commissioner’s work and relevant news from across domestic abuse policy, practice and research.
To register your interest, please click here.
We Are Hiring!
🚨 **We're Hiring!** 🚨
We have exciting opportunities to join our amazing team at Coventry Haven Women’s Aid! 🌟 If you're passionate about making a real difference in the lives of women and children affected by domestic abuse, we want to hear from you!
We have 2 rewarding roles available – apply today and help us empower survivors on their journey to recovery 💜
DA Practitioner Early Intervention Team - 37 hours per week
DA Practitioner Refuge Based - 37 hours per week
👉 Check out the full Job Description details, and apply here: https://www.coventryhaven.co.uk/vacancies
#NowHiring #JoinOurTeam #MakeADifference #CoventryJobs #EmpowerSurvivors #DomesticAbuseSupport
New Fundraising Pack
We’re excited to announce the launch of our newly updated Fundraising Pack!
Packed with fresh ideas, practical tips, and all the resources you need, this guide is designed to help you make a real impact in supporting women and children affected by Domestic Abuse. Whether you’re a seasoned fundraiser or new to the cause, our updated pack will inspire and empower you to get involved and make a difference.
Download your copy today here and join us in creating safer futures for those in need!
📢Exciting News! - Successful Funding Award for Early Intervention Project!
📢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.