Ascent Ending Harmful Practices project (360G-LondonCouncils-8276)

£1,280,000

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.

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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