NRPF: The Missing Piece in the VAWG Strategy - Southall Black Sisters No Recourse to Public Funds remains one of the most significant barriers preventing migrant women from escaping abuse. It is a structural

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In this first installment, Southall Black Sisters examines the impact of No Recourse to Public Funds on victim-survivors.

In order for the Government to reach its goal of halving VAWG in a decade, it must support every victim-survivor, regardless of immigration status.

The Drive Partnership supports the launch of 'NRPF: The Missing Piece in the VAWG Strategy' published by Southall Black Sisters as part of its new ‘Real Impact Series’, which will provide analysis of the Government’s ‘Freedom from violence and abuse’ strategy.

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Read the open letter below ↓
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The Government’s mission to halve VAWG in a decade must address the needs of all women across all communities, including migrant women who face additional complexities and barriers. The VAWG Strategy must deliver for every victim-survivor, regardless of immigration status.

We have joined 55 organisations, including our partners at SafeLives and Respect, in supporting an open letter to the Government raising serious concerns about the absence of meaningful protections for migrant women in the VAWG Strategy.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Imkaan — Imkaan New research from Imkaan reveals how Integrated Care Boards are failing to fund specialist ‘by and for’ VAWG services for Black and minoritised women. Read the report and key findings.

You can read the report and open letter below ↓
www.imkaan.org.uk/out-of-sight...

The letter calls for the Government to ensure that ICBs fund and collaborate with Black and minoritised VAWG services and strengthen scrutiny and oversight into mental health support for Black and minoritised victim-survivors of VAWG.

Specialist, trauma-informed support from by-and-for organisations is essential to ensuring that all victim-survivors can access the support that they urgently need.

We have joined 40 signatories of Imkaan's joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We stand in support of Imkaan’s important campaign, ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’, which highlights how Black and minoritised victim-survivors are being left out of specialist mental health support; with Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) failing to fund specialist by-and-for services.

New Snapshot report explores AI, weaponisation and the changing landscape of VAWG | End Violence Against Women 73% say government must do more on violence against women and girls, as new report warns of “rapidly evolving” threats driven by AI, online misogyny and the political weaponisation of gender-based vio...

EVAW’s latest annual Snapshot Report is available now - read the report here ↓

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Thank you to EVAW for inviting us, and to speakers Kanishka Narayan MP, Minister for AI and Online Safety, Emily Darlington MP, Alex Davies-Jones MP, Minister for Victims and VAWG, and EVAW’s brilliant Interim Director, Janaya Walker.

The reception included powerful speeches on the emerging challenges that we face in tackling violence against women and girls, but was full of hope in the determination and collaboration across sectors and systems to adapt and address them.

This morning, we were delighted to attend the End Violence Against Women Coalition’s reception launching its 6th annual Snapshot Report ‘VAWG-Coded: From AI to Weaponisation - the Changing Landscape of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), sponsored by Emily Darlington MP.

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Improving and promoting rights, justice and action for women and girls Spotlighting women’s services and Integrated Support Services (ISS) which offer vital support to survivors of domestic abuse

Read the full Q&A below to learn more about WomenCentre’s work↓
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To mark International Women’s Day, our partner organisation Respect is shining a spotlight on WomenCentre, a delivery partner of the LEVEL Programme, a 22-week, one-to-one programme co-designed as part of The Drive Partnership’s National Systems Change work.

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA)’s new report ‘Hidden risks, fatal consequences: Economic abuse in Domestic Homicide Reviews’ released this week examines the role of economic abuse in domestic abuse–related deaths across England and Wales ↓

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Thank you to The Brunswick Centre and its partners for organising such an insightful and important day.

Find out more about the conference here ↓
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The programme is set to include presentations on a range of initiatives, including the LEVEL Programme, a 22-week one-to-one programme co-designed as part of The Drive Partnership’s National Systems Change and delivered by The Brunswick Centre and WomenCentre in West Yorkshire.

We’re looking forward to exploring the key factors that shape LGBT+ health and wellbeing, and to learning more about innovative projects, local services, and practical approaches that are improving outcomes.

We are delighted to be attending The Brunswick Centre’s ‘Well Proud’ Conference today during LGBT+ History Month – an insightful event focused on strengthening support for LGBT+ communities.

We look forward to seeing the continuation of this vital work towards addressing systemic barriers to colleagues from racialised communities within the domestic abuse sector.

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We were proud to support the launch of this invaluable programme and delighted to have witnessed it grow, now marking its fourth cohort. Huge thank you to Meena Kumari, Director of H.O.P.E CIC, and everyone involved in leading this work.

It was brilliant to join H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy in celebrating the Leadership Programme graduates on Wednesday and great to see that 80% of participants were from by-and-for organisations, with thanks to funding from Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) and City Bridge Foundation.

Huge congratulations to all those who graduated from the H.O.P.E Leadership Programme last week, including colleagues from SafeLives and The Drive Partnership!

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To learn more about 10 years of the Drive Partnership's work and the important discussions raised by keynote speakers and panellists on the evening, visit the link below ↓

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Photograph of Portcullis House with a '10 years of collaboration' graphic in the top left corner

As we look ahead to the next decade and beyond, we remain committed to our collective mission to stop domestic abuse for all adult and child victim-survivors, for good.

Sara Jones, Jo Todd CBE, Kyla Kirkpatrick, Josh Babarinde OBE MP and Ellen Miller

Speakers included Jo Todd CBE, Founding CEO of Respect; Ellen Miller, CEO of SafeLives; and Sara Jones, Interim Drive Partnership Board Chair & Previous Social Finance Director.

Jess Asato MP and Debbie Roach on the panel

Debbie Roach, Perpetrator Services Manager at Safer Merthyr Tydfil, and Sue Coleman, Chief Executive of West Mercia Women’s Aid.

Representatives from the Drive Partnership’s founding partner organisations, Respect, SafeLives, and Social Finance, also shared reflections on the evening,