Child witnesses of domestic abuse need greater support
Child witnesses of domestic abuse need greater support: The cost of failing to protect child exposure to domestic violence is costing UK taxpayers up to £1.4bn, new analysis has warned.
Pro Bono Economics’ (PBE) analysis carried out for the charity Hestia found that children witnessing domestic violence are more likely to experience conduct and hyperactivity disorders. [...]
MPs urge funding for refuges for domestic abuse victims
The Home Affairs Committee is urging national refuge funding and a new stalkers register to be included in the new government Bill on Domestic Abuse.
A report by the comittee also calls for the government to widen the Bill to be a Violence against Women and Girls and Domestic Abuse Bill.
Chair of the Committee, Rt. Hon. [...]
Support for children who witness domestic violence is extended
A scheme which supports children who have witnessed domestic violence is set to be rolled out nationally following £163m funding from the Home Office.
Operation Encompass has been awarded the funding by the Home Office to enable the charity, which supports children who have witnessed domestic violence, to extend its reach.
The scheme currently operates in [...]
Survivors of domestic violence and their children forced to sleep rough
Sixty five women and their children were forced to sofa surf last year after fleeing domestic violence due to a lack of support, Women’s Aid has warned.
Over one in ten women supported by The No Woman Turned Away project were forced to sleep rough during their search for a refuge, of which three women [...]
Women in poorer households more likely to experience domestic abuse
Women living in low income households are more likely to experience domestic abuse, statistics have revealed.
Office for National Statistics figures reveal that women living in households with an income of less than £10,000 were more than four times as likely to have experienced partner abuse in the last 12 months than women living in households [...]
Childrens safety put at risk in family courts
Discrimination within the family courts; childrens safety put at risk, a report by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University has claimed.
The report reveals that there is a prevalence of “damaging gendered stereotypes and harmful attitudes towards domestic abuse survivors and mothers within the family courts” which is putting survivors and their children’s safety at risk [...]
