Angelou Partnership shortlisted for prestigious Charity Award

The national women’s charity has been shortlisted for the Angelou Partnership, which delivers Violence Against Women and Girls support services across London, led and coordinated by Advance. The partnership is a collaboration of 10 voluntary organisations, each offering a different kind of specialist support, such as services tailored to Black and minoritised women and LGBT+ […]

International Women’s Day at Advance’s Hammersmith Women’s Centre

There was a discussion around the history of IWD, what empowerment and self-love means to the women who attended the event, and how to represent this in the mural. They settled on the idea of having a woman as the tree to symbolise growth and strength, along with butterflies, flowers and sunshine to represent freedom […]

Advance’s Berkshire Women’s Centre celebrates International Women’s Day

The centre in Caversham provides practical and emotional support to women in the county who are in contact with the criminal justice system; they are serving a community sentence and on probation or have completed a custodial sentence. Around 70% of these women will have experienced abuse at some point in their lives – and […]

Advance joins the Women’s Justice Board Partnership Delivery Group

We have a long history of providing a coordinated community response to women and girls, alongside our partners, as well as statutory, criminal justice, health, and social care services. We understand that women and girls are multi-faceted and therefore require a multi-faceted and holistic approach to support. As proud members of the National Women’s Justice […]

Actor and writer holds set creation workshop at Advance

The women’s collages will now be included in the theatre sets of Weeping Woman, a one-woman play by Ellen. Ellen said: This isn’t Ellen’s first collaboration with Advance. Last year she created a script from the real-life experiences of young women and girls supported by us. The script was then spoken by actors to create […]

Impact of Counter Allegations on Survivors of Domestic Abuse

One of the most significant consequences of counter allegations is the damage they inflict on women, who often face more severe repercussions than men. Beyond the immediate emotional toll, women may lose access to their homes, their children and face criminalisation, and for migrant women the consequences might lead to their resettlement application being rejected. […]