More funding needed for domestic abuse safe housing- Norfolk charity
Ministers are putting nearly £20 million of extra funding into safe housing in England and Wales
A local charity tells us more funding needs to be put into safe housing for domestic abuse
It's despite Ministers announcing that an extra 19 million is going into this- on top of 480-million already announced for councils, over the next three years.
The government's strategy to combat violence against women and girls - called a 'national emergency' - includes bringing in specialist teams to handle criminal allegations.
"For some it is quite literally a matter of life and death"
Jools Ramsey Palmer is from Leeway:
"For some it is quite literally a matter of life and death"
"Not everyone chooses to leave their home but if they do, it is likely that they will move away from their support network to somewhere that is totally confidential.
"Which is why this type of support is so important.
"This level of support is probably not enough. We know that the number of people experiencing domestic abuse is exceptionally high.
"We recognise that to be 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men in their lifetime. That's a huge amount of spaces to find".
Links to support:
Leeway refuge services
0300 561 0077
Orwell refuge services (Haven Project)
0845 467 4876
NIDAS - Norfolk Integrated Domestic Abuse Services (medium and high risk support)
0300 561 0555
Text: 07860 063 464
Out of hours: 0808 2000 247
Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care
0300 303 3706
National Helpline: 0808 1689 111 (24 hours)
Pandora Project (standard risk support North and West Norfolk)
Email: [email protected]