We’re delighted that our Whole Housing Service has been extended for a further two years across 11 London boroughs. This allows us to continue to deliver our best practice approach to supporting women with their housing, so that they can stay safe wherever they live.
Women affected by domestic abuse should not have to flee. Instead, this service helps them to be safe in their own home or in a range of accommodation types, as well as supporting them with their finances, mental health and other issues.
The effects of the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis continue to disproportionately impact women and their children, leaving many with an impossible decision: stay with the perpetrator abusing them or face poverty and homelessness.
In response to this, we developed the London Whole Housing Services Alliance with six specialist partners. Our collaborative approach ensures additional specialist support is inclusive of those often marginalised, such as LGBTQ+ survivors, those with additional language or mental health support needs, and those who wish to access other culturally specific services.
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About Advance
- Advance’s vision is a world in which women and children lead safe, equal, violence-free lives so that they can flourish and actively contribute to society. The charity works with women who experience domestic abuse to be safe and take control of their lives, and women who have committed crime or are at risk of offending to break the cycle.
- Women must be referred to Advance, via statutory services or the charity’s self-referral scheme. For more information about who Advance is able to support, please visit Get Help.
- For facts and statistics about domestic abuse and women in the criminal justice system, as well as Advance’s work, please visit Our Impact.
