Ascent Ending Harmful Practices project (360G-LondonCouncils-8276)
The partnership will provide intensive support to 623 women and girls from BMER communities, across London affected by Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), 'Honour' Based Violence (HBV), Forced Marriages (FM), and other harmful practices within the spectrum of domestic and sexual violence, annually. Activities will include: 1) 1:1 advice and information on rights and entitlements: 2) casework and advocacy support which will include accompanying women to report crimes of violence to the police and housing departments, as well as accompanying women to court and advocating their needs to social services 3) therapeutic support groups and a counselling provision to 66 women 4) raising awareness of the impact of HBV, FM and FGM within communities and other voluntary and statutory agencies (not only BMER communities) through delivering workshops, training and presentations and 5) specific work with young women through the delivery of workshops to support peer mentoring and youth advocacy. These activities aim to improve service users' safety, self-esteem, confidence and wellbeing, as well as improving understanding of rights and options and uptake of other services in the domains of criminal justice, health, housing and employment training.
Where is this data from?
This data was originally published by London Councils. If you see something about your organisation or the funding it has received on this page that doesn't look right you can submit a grantee amendment request. You can hover over codes from standard codelists to see the user-friendly name provided by 360Giving.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded | 1280000 |
Award Date | 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 |
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E12000007 |
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | RGN/GOR |
Beneficiary Location: Name | Pan-London |
Grant Programme: Title | Section 48 funding 2017-2021 |
Last Modified | 2017-09-26T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 47 |
Planned Dates: End Date | 2021-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Start Date | 2017-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
Priority heading | 2.6 Specifically targeted services for those affected by harmful practices (FGM, Honour based violence (HBV), forced marriage and other harmful practices) |
Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1049058 |