Local councils struggling to meet the demand for emergency housing are turning away vulnerable homeless women, including domestic violence victims and those with mental health issues as well as those fleeing domestic abuse, an investigation has found.

The proposed new funding model for supported housing threatens the future of domestic abuse refuges, warns the national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid. The Government consultation on the new model closes.

This feature in a national newspaper highlights the work of a team of volunteer court observers in the North East who are working with Dame Vera Baird to improve outcomes in rape trials.

Northumberland Domestic Abuse Services (NDAS) a Northumberland based independent charity, have been working with Raw Productions, a London based media organisation, to produce a powerful and emotive brand new film that focuses on young people’s struggles with coercive and controlling relationships.