ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE 

This funding will support Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) to grow and deliver their advocacy service and peer support activities for families bereaved by a domestic abuse victim’s ....more

This funding will support Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) to grow and deliver their advocacy service and peer support activities for families bereaved by a domestic abuse victim’s suicide or unexplained death receiving £450142 over three years to work with families across England. Emotional and practical support is designed to help those bereaved in this way to access the criminal justice process and to overcome the trauma of losing a loved one.Organisation AAFDA is an incorporated charity registered in 2008. They provide specialist advocacy and peer support to families and friends bereaved by domestic homicide and domestic abuse related suicides and unexplained deaths (DARS/UD). They provide advocacy through Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) inquests police conduct reviews and other types of inquiries giving practical advice and emotional support throughout the process through face to face and over the phone. All trained advocates working with the organisation have lived experience of serious and/ or fatal domestic abuse two of which have been previous services users of AAFDA. Online peer support is available both in online group chats through 1:1 zoom calls and events. The organisation offers accredited training for professionals on DHRs and awareness training on domestic abuse related death and working with families. Almost 1 in 2 women aged 16-59 will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime (ONS2019) with 2 women killed each week by a partner or former partner. It is estimated that a third of female suicide in England and Wales are related to domestic violence approximately 400 a year (Walby2004). Between 2017-19 576000 men were victims of partner violence with 11% considering taking their own lives as a result of abuse. In 2021 AAFDA received 60 new suicide/unexplained death referrals an increase of 17 cases on the previous year. They are currently dealing with 78 open cases.Proposal Through this proposal AAFDA seek to continue apport throughout this time via face-to-face meetings email Skype/Zoom and telephone calls around 41% referrals will require 1-3 days of support per year and 30% requiring up to 5 days. Each face-to-face meeting lasts on average of 4 hours. The advocate will also signpost families to other appropriate supporting services as well as AAFDA’s peer support groups; with the ultimate aim of helping families to move on positively in their lives to a ‘new normal’. In addition to advocacy this grant will contribute to the organisation’s peer support programme supporting both families who have lost someone to fatal domestic abuse and DARS/U. The organisation currently run three ‘Peer Mentor’ led support sessions each week. These sessions typically run for 60-90 minutes and reach around 150 bereaved family members each year. The programme is currently delivered by AAFDA staff however it is an aim of this project to transition to a delivery model which is truly peer led using ‘Peer Mentors’ who have themselves lost a loved one to fatal domestic abuse to facilitate and shape the programme going forward. Peer groups enable families who wish to remain in touch with AAFDA once their advocacy ends to do so and to connect with families who wanted to explore the impact of losing a sibling or a parent in a workshop environment and to provide male only peer support. Each month workshop sessions are facilitated with guest speakers as requested by the family members covering topics such as:- Self-care following bereavement- Biological responses to bereavement- What to expect from and the benefits of psychotherapy- Trauma responses and mindfulness/grounding techniques - Commemorative sessions at Christmas and in October (to coincide with All Souls Day) Each year AAFDA will run two face-to-face group-based emotional support workshops for bereaved families in two locations across the country. This will be based off the success of the first 3 day residential retreat de

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 ....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

This grant funding will enable the Home Office to meet its objective of providing support to all victims of domestic abuse.The Home Office single departmental plan, objective 1.4 is to protect ....more

This grant funding will enable the Home Office to meet its objective of providing support to all victims of domestic abuse.The Home Office single departmental plan, objective 1.4 is to protect vulnerable people and communities, which this grant scheme contributes towards. Home Office single departmental plan - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)The key deliverables that all projects must deliver on currently are:provision of high-quality support and advice for victims of VAWG and Domestic Abuse;increased awareness of Domestic Abuse and the services and support available to victims of Domestic Abuse;reduction in harm caused by Domestic Abuse; andreduction in prevalence of Domestic Abuse.The expected outcome of the funding would be to ensure that victims can seek help and that that help is available to them. Another expected outcome is to ensure that victims who are already being supported by domestic abuse services can continue to do so despite the problems caused by COVID for the domestic abuse sector. The ultimate aim is to reduce the incidence of VAWG and domestic abuse and protect victims and their children.

towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Supporting Families Programme' providing practical and emotional support for families bereaved by domestic homicide across England and Wales.

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to: promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise ....more

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to: promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise public and professionals awareness protect and support to enhance the safety of victims and the support that they receive pursue and deter to provide an effective response to perpetrators from initial agency response through to conviction and management of offenders, including rehabilitation improve performance to drive consistency and better performance in the response to domestic abuse across all local areas, agencies and sectors.

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

Towards unrestricted core costs to improve responses to victims of domestic abuse by illuminating and learning from the past to make the future safer.

Peer support for families bereaved by fatal domestic abuse

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

To provide online peer support sessions for bereaved families.

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 ....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 ....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.

This project will provide AAFDA with funding to raise awareness amongst Community Safety Partnerships and local statutory agencies of the value and availability of domestic homicide advocacy ....more

This project will provide AAFDA with funding to raise awareness amongst Community Safety Partnerships and local statutory agencies of the value and availability of domestic homicide advocacy services, and will complement supplementary funding provided through the Ministry of Justice Homicide Service Grant to fund specific cases.

Unrestricted core funding for small charities

This project will provide AAFDA with funding to raise awareness amongst Community Safety Partnerships and local statutory agencies of the value and availability of domestic homicide advocacy ....more

This project will provide AAFDA with funding to raise awareness amongst Community Safety Partnerships and local statutory agencies of the value and availability of domestic homicide advocacy services, and will complement supplementary funding provided through the Ministry of Justice Homicide Service Grant to fund specific cases.

Provision of specialist and peer support for families bereaved through murder or manslaughter.

towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing practical and emotional support to families bereaved by domestic homicide across England and Wales

The funding will be used to provide peer support to people who have been effected by fatal domestic abuse. The project aims to improve the emotional wellbeing of the people involved.

Towards unrestricted core costs to provide specialist peer support to families who are affected by domestic homicides, improve the quality of domestic homicide reviews and improve the response to ....more

Towards unrestricted core costs to provide specialist peer support to families who are affected by domestic homicides, improve the quality of domestic homicide reviews and improve the response to domestic abuse.

Support for families bereaved by homicide

To provide peer support to families bereaved by domestic homicide

towards three years' running costs of a peer support project providing emotional and practical advice and guidance to families in England and Wales after domestic homicide

Towards core costs to deliver peer support for families bereaved by domestic abuse and advocacy to improve the way these fatalities are reviewed.

the salary and on costs of the Charity Co-ordinator