KARMA NIRVANA

Towards core funding

Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift

£7000 awarded to adapt and digitize an existing honour-based violence risk assessment tool (currently used by Police across 25 forces). Funding will further cover a test phase with five stakeholder organisations to address technical issues before a ....more

£7000 awarded to adapt and digitize an existing honour-based violence risk assessment tool (currently used by Police across 25 forces). Funding will further cover a test phase with five stakeholder organisations to address technical issues before a wider release. Supporting more practitioners (e.g., Social Workers) to use the tool will help to support more women.

Towards unrestricted core costs to tackle honour based abuse and forced marriage by supporting survivors, professionals and influencing policy and practice

The Home Office (HO) published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March 2016 setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybodys business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire ....more

The Home Office (HO) published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March 2016 setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybodys business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire confidence in the Criminal Justice System to bring more perpetrators to justice as well as doing more to rehabilitate offenders. We have made real progress towards improving our support to victims, including by introducing a new offence of domestic abuse and one for failing to protect a girl from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); created two new stalking offences; criminalised forced marriage; introduced lifelong anonymity for victims of forced marriage and FGM; and introduced a new mandatory reporting duty on FGM. However, there is more we need to do to truly tackle this crime and combat more emerging and less well understood variant of it. The scale of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is vast: approximately 700,000 people aged 16 to 59 were victims of a sexual assault in the year ending March 2018. In the UK, 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse and 1 in 5 sexual assault during their lifetime That is why this government has publicly committed to publishing a new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy this Summer that will align our response to the 21st century threats we now face. To inform this strategy, the Home Office launched a high-profile VAWG Call for Evidence which received over 180,000 responses from victims, survivors, members of the public, the sector and academics. These responses will ensure we can put victims at the heart of our response, and we have set aside funding for delivery of VAWG commitments that will be published in our new VAWG strategy for later this year. We will also be publishing a new Domestic Abuse strategy later this year that will sit alongside the VAWG strategy and help deliver a truly comprehensive response to crimes that disproportionately affect women and girls. As part of our commitment to combat VAWG, the HO currently funds seven helplines to provide advice and support to female, male, and LGBT victims of domestic abuse, victims of stalking, victims of so called honour-based abuse and perpetrators of domestic abuse. The purpose of the project is to fund accessible advice/support services for victims of domestic violence and abuse, and specialist support for other victims. These services are essential to help reduce the harm caused and provide victims with life-lines for support and guidance.

As committed in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Home Office will provide an additional £1.5 million funding for 'by and for' service provision and further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of ....more

As committed in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Home Office will provide an additional £1.5 million funding for 'by and for' service provision and further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of violence against women and girls. £300,000 of the £1.5 million has already been provided to increase the £2 million Specialist Fund (2021-22) launched by the Ministry of Justice with Comic Relief. The remainder £1.2 million will be provided for exitsing IAU grant recipients to help build the capacity of smaller, specialist by and for organisations supporting survivors of VAWG, who are from ethnic minorities, disabled, or are LGBT

Towards honoured based abused project

Main Grant unrestricted core costs

The Home Office (HO) published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March 2016 setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybodys business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire ....more

The Home Office (HO) published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March 2016 setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybodys business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire confidence in the Criminal Justice System to bring more perpetrators to justice as well as doing more to rehabilitate offenders. We have made real progress towards improving our support to victims, including by introducing a new offence of domestic abuse and one for failing to protect a girl from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); created two new stalking offences; criminalised forced marriage; introduced lifelong anonymity for victims of forced marriage and FGM; and introduced a new mandatory reporting duty on FGM. However, there is more we need to do to truly tackle this crime and combat more emerging and less well understood variant of it. The scale of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is vast: approximately 700,000 people aged 16 to 59 were victims of a sexual assault in the year ending March 2018. In the UK, 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse and 1 in 5 sexual assault during their lifetime That is why this government has publicly committed to publishing a new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy this Summer that will align our response to the 21st century threats we now face. To inform this strategy, the Home Office launched a high-profile VAWG Call for Evidence which received over 180,000 responses from victims, survivors, members of the public, the sector and academics. These responses will ensure we can put victims at the heart of our response, and we have set aside funding for delivery of VAWG commitments that will be published in our new VAWG strategy for later this year. We will also be publishing a new Domestic Abuse strategy later this year that will sit alongside the VAWG strategy and help deliver a truly comprehensive response to crimes that disproportionately affect women and girls. As part of our commitment to combat VAWG, the HO currently funds seven helplines to provide advice and support to female, male, and LGBT victims of domestic abuse, victims of stalking, victims of so called honour-based abuse and perpetrators of domestic abuse. The purpose of the project is to fund accessible advice/support services for victims of domestic violence and abuse, and specialist support for other victims. These services are essential to help reduce the harm caused and provide victims with life-lines for support and guidance.

Towards unrestricted core costs from the Racialised Communities Top Up Fund

The project will use the funding to help pay staffing costs for it's helpline service as well as six month salaries for it's Senior Leadership Team. This will allow the organisation to continue it's work as well as communicate evidence from the ....more

The project will use the funding to help pay staffing costs for it's helpline service as well as six month salaries for it's Senior Leadership Team. This will allow the organisation to continue it's work as well as communicate evidence from the helpline and experiences of victims to key stakeholders such as central government.

towards three years' running costs of the national helpline project providing specialist support and guidance to victims, survivors and professionals living or working with Honour Based Abuse.

Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis

The funding will provide specialist support and guidance to victims of honour-based abuse (HBA) and forced marriage (FM). In addition to this they will provide online services offering practical and emotional support and guidance to victims and ....more

The funding will provide specialist support and guidance to victims of honour-based abuse (HBA) and forced marriage (FM). In addition to this they will provide online services offering practical and emotional support and guidance to victims and support frontline safeguarding professionals to ensure that they are equipped with the tools and resources to adequately support and safeguard.

towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant

The Home Office (HO) published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March 2016 setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybodys business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire ....more

The Home Office (HO) published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March 2016 setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybodys business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire confidence in the Criminal Justice System to bring more perpetrators to justice as well as doing more to rehabilitate offenders.As part of the VAWG strategy, the HO currently funds six helpline to provide advice and support to female, male, and LGBT victims of domestic abuse, victims of stalking, victims of so called honour-based abuse and perpetrators of domestic abuse.

This grant is intended to provide funding to organisations whose primary purpose is to improve the response to DA, either through providing support to victims who have experienced DA, or through providing support to front-line services, including ....more

This grant is intended to provide funding to organisations whose primary purpose is to improve the response to DA, either through providing support to victims who have experienced DA, or through providing support to front-line services, including other charitable organisations or the statutory sector, to better respond to victims.

The purpose of this funding is to provide additional funds for DA charities to help them cope with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic/lockdown; to enable them to continue to meet their usual levels of demand, to keep pace with rising levels ....more

The purpose of this funding is to provide additional funds for DA charities to help them cope with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic/lockdown; to enable them to continue to meet their usual levels of demand, to keep pace with rising levels of demand during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and to remain solvent such that they can continue to provide support both during and after the pandemic. This will all help to safeguard victims of DA and provide essential emergency support to those affected by COVID-19.

Karma Nirvana successfully worked with BSBT partnership team to achieve full Leeds City Council support voting to develop a Leeds City wide pledge of commitment to tackling forced marriages/honour abuse. This led to developing a working group & ....more

Karma Nirvana successfully worked with BSBT partnership team to achieve full Leeds City Council support voting to develop a Leeds City wide pledge of commitment to tackling forced marriages/honour abuse. This led to developing a working group & gaining Chief Officer support across statutory partners that signed up to a pledge of commitment signed in 2017. In commitment of the pledge an Outcome Based Accountability event was organised in partnership (May 2017) inviting partners from across the statutory, voluntary sector & dialogues with survivors to collectively identify work strands. This led to partners identifying needs, opportunities and understanding how they could engage with the pledge with Karma Nirvana to develop a more resilient workforce that would become more effective in responding to vulnerable groups. These dialogues were discussed in the context of the pledge that recognises tackling the use of illegal cultural practices that oppose our fundamental values of individual liberty & the rule of law as recognised as extreme forms of abuse within the Counter Extremism Strategy. The OBA dialogues developed an Action Plan 2017/18 with clear work strands that include promoting effective support/responses to safeguard those at risk and influencing social change by increasing civic partnerships. The OBA evidences the need to build resilience tackling issues of 'cultural sensitivity', myths, stereo-types through critical thinking and to increase confidence amongst professionals through education was highlighted as the greatest need. We aim to organise & deliver 35 workshops, 5 national Survivor BSBT Roadshows that will promote awareness of BSBT funded SAP website. All these project activities will increase access to potential victims & education to improve effective supportive responses to victims that experience a lack of trust & cooperation amongst professionals resulting in affected groups being at risk of becoming further victimised and/or exploited by propaganda and/or extremist ideologies.

Towards unrestricted core costs to tackle honour based abuse and forced marriage by supporting survivors, professionals and influencing policy and practice.

funding towards an Independent Honour Based violence Advocate that will provide indepth 1-1 support to victims ensuring they can remove or assert themselves from the abusive situation in order to have choice & control over their lives.

Towards the salaries of the chief executive and project manager for work on forced marriage and honour-based violence.

Karma Nirvana provides a national helpline to support victims of honour based abuse and forced marriage, and campaigns to raise the profile of the issue amongst policy makers and other relevant bodies