ROSHNI (BIRMINGHAM) 

One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis

Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Roshni Birmingham

Roshni uses a basic Lamplight case management system. With most staff working from home, we require additional modules to enhance the system and ensure that paper copies are no longer required. This ....more

Roshni uses a basic Lamplight case management system. With most staff working from home, we require additional modules to enhance the system and ensure that paper copies are no longer required. This will reduce the risks of passing on the virus via paper. Roshni holds a contract with the PCC for a consortium of 3 domestic violence organisations who together operate a helpline for forced marriages and honour-based violence. Using our existing lamplight system for this work is problematic as it risks breaches of GDPR across the consortium. We urgently need a separate system to operate this helpline. The main office uses a VOIP telephone system, but we have only one handset making it difficult for us to transfer calls to different helplines: 2 extra handsets would revolutionise our ability to handle calls at busy times. Our staff work in bubbles whilst in the office. We desperately need 2 additional computers that are compatible with all the new systems so they don't have to hot desk. With more activities taking place online, our service users need laptops with Microsoft installed. The women have expressed an interest in personal fitness training to help them overcome the effects of lockdown. We currently have 13 users and expect more over the coming months. We have budgeted for 13 laptops. We want to instigate a digital media campaign in south Asian languages to reach women at risk of honour-based abuse. We will produce 8 short videos using actors, to be shown on our website and Facebook page. To reach as many women as possible, we will require Facebook credits. We will also produce a series of digital posters in different languages for use online and on Facebook. To ensure their safety, our staff require social media training on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. They will learn professional media ethics and gain an understanding of what to do and not do on social media. Likewise, our service users also need further online safety training. There is a high-risk of online grooming, especially amongst children, and we must mitigate this risk.

This project will deliver a range of activities and trips to children and young people living in a refuge in Birmingham. The activities will result in increased independence, improved relationships ....more

This project will deliver a range of activities and trips to children and young people living in a refuge in Birmingham. The activities will result in increased independence, improved relationships with others and improved social skills.

£18,750 has been awarded to Roshni Birmingham to fund two part-time counsellors supporting 130 South Asian women victims/survivors of domestic abuse.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

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

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

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

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.