SWA welcomes the news that the Home Secretary, Teresa May, has extended the Sojourner Pilot for women with no recourse to public funds until March 2011. The Home Office has also indicated that it is looking for a permanent solution to the problem, and it is expected that there will be a meeting with stakeholders and the Home Office in September.
SWA is pleased to launch the brochure for its annual conference, to be held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 15th September 2010. Our Keynote speakers this year are the Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing, the Lord Advocate the Rt Hon Elish Angiolini, Janette De Haan from the Women’s Support Project and Stephen House, Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police and the Chair of ACPOS Crime Business Group.
We also have an exciting programme of workshops. You can view the full brochure here.
Scottish Women's Aid hosted the first ever Cedar conference in Edinburgh in June, disseminating the findings of a report on the first year's progress. SWA also launched a short film, produced by the Media Co-op, to highlight the important work that is being done to help children, young people and their mothers rebuild their lives after domestic abuse.
In just the first year of a three-year pilot scheme, a project to support children experiencing domestic abuse has secured positive outcomes for 91 children and young people – as well as many of their mothers.
Cedar is a programme that simultaneously supports children who have experienced domestic abuse and their mothers. Scottish Women’s Aid worked with partners in national and local government and Women’s Aid groups to bring Cedar to Scotland for the first time, as a means of addressing the damaging impact that abuse can have on children and young people.
You can see the programme from the conference, as well as the full evaluation report and clips from the Cedar film by following this link.
Research published this week by Scottish Women’s Aid has found a disappointing lack of commitment in some of Scotland’s local authorities to tackling violence against women (VAW). The analysis reiterates our previous concerns on how national policy is led, implemented and monitored at a local level.
Through analysis of local authorities’ Gender Equality Schemes (GES) it was found that, across the 32 authorities across Scotland:
Additionally, less than half of all local authorities have a published and up-to-date violence against women or domestic abuse strategy.
You can find the full report by clicking this link.
The Home Office funded Sojourner project has been extended again until the end of March 2011.
For more information on the Sojourner Project and how to access funding please click on this link.
Scottish Women’s Aid recently responded to a request for evidence from the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petition’s Committee on Petition 1307. The petition considers domestic abuse services.
You can see our response, as well as those by other organisations, by following this link.
You have the right to live without fear of violence and abuse.
If you, or someone you know, is being abused by their partner, find out how Women’s Aid can help.
Young people can be affected by domestic and dating abuse. If you're worried about what's happening to you or a parent or a friend you can use this site to find information for young people.
You have the right to live without fear of violence and abuse.
If you, or someone you know, is being abused by their partner, find out how Women’s Aid can help.
Young people can be affected by domestic and dating abuse. If you're worried about what's happening to you or a parent or a friend you can use this site to find
information for young people.
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