Grant to Africa Advocacy Foundation (360G-LondonCF-A585110)
The funding will be used to develop and deliver a BAME Acceleration Employability Programme. This programme is a response to a critical community need, supporting a group that has historically faced disproportionate levels of unemployment and redundancy job loss because of the global pandemic and national economic crisis.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 9840 |
| Amount Awarded | 9840 |
| Award Date | 2020-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E09000023 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LONB |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Lewisham |
| Grant Programme: Code | Wave 4: Navigating Crisis |
| Grant Programme: Title | Covid-19 Funding |
| Last Modified | 2021-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 5 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2021-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary beneficiary | Black, Asian and minority ethnic |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1164778 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Africa Advocacy Foundation (AAF) supports and empowers marginalised communities to overcome ill health, poverty, violence through practical support, advocacy, policy work, advice, and training. AAF addresses violence against women and girls; promotes sexual and reproductive and mental health services. We primarily serve migrant,refugee and asylum seeking African and Caribbean women and girls who are survivors, at risk or currently experiencing harmful cultural practices, violence, sexual exploitation and trafficking in London AAF is managed by a team of 7 trustees, 15 staff and over 40 volunteers with direct knowledge, experience, skills and understanding of the needs of these communities. We have 25 years experience of providing a safety net and culturally, faith and language appropriate support for women experiencing violence e.g counselling, peer support. We have strong community links and employ successful models for challenging beliefs, attitudes, myths, barriers and secrecy that perpetuate harmful practices. Lambeth, Lewisham Councils,Trust for London, MOPAC, City Bridge Trust, Home Office among others have funded AAF since 2015 to deliever VAWG services addressing FGM, child marriage, sexual violence, hate crime, extremism, stigma, discrimination. AAF is a recognised community partner, key contributor to VAWG strategies and reliable referral/signposting point for VAWG services. AAF successfully campaigned to include FGM on the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham VAWG Strategies, sits on Lambeth, Lewisham, Croydon VAWG Forums and is currently commissioneed to provide specialist VAWG training for frontline, education, social care and health professionals and community VAWG champions, some with lived experiences to impact communities and influence policy and practise. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.africadvocacy.org/ |