Nahar Choudhury, CEO of Solace has launched their 2023/24 impact report saying:
‘Despite these uncertain times, we continue in our mission to support survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse. Our work has a lasting impact on the lives of the women and children we work with, and we’re proud to stand in solidarity with all survivors and to work towards a safer future’.
The charity, who have been supporting survivors for fifty years report that this year in addition to their core services they have also:
- Launched a new pan-London project (the Ruby Project) which seeks to expand Housing First provision for Black and ethnically minoritised women with Hopscotch Women’s Centre and funded by the Oak Foundation.
- Secured funding to expand our complex needs service to a new project in Haringey.
- Expanded our peer mentoring scheme so women with lived experience can support young women and girls in who have recently experienced violence and abuse.
- Represented survivors at the Covid-19 Inquiry to ensure that they are prioritised in future emergencies our country may face.
- Partnered with Furnishing Futures to develop a blueprint for a psychologically informed environment for our refuges, and using this to transform the living rooms in our Haringey refuges.
Choudhury adds: ‘Violence against women and girls is still a national emergency and we need to continue to work together to end male violence against women and girls. We hope that in 2025 we will reach and support even more people to safety.’
In 2023/24, Solace supported 14,435 people (22/23: 13,361) in their frontline services last year and provided safe accommodation for 809 women and children across their 24 refuges.
Solace have exciting milestones in 2025, including their 50th anniversary, and the charity remain committed the ending male violence against women and girls, so that in the future we have a society where there will be no need for their services.
Read the full report here