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April 29, 2021 · Press Release

Refuge is delighted that the Domestic Abuse Bill has today received Royal Assent and been signed into law, becoming the Domestic Abuse Act. The Act is the product of many years of work across the women’s sector and is designed to transform the response to domestic abuse. Domestic Abuse Bill signed into law, concluding many […]

January 25, 2022 · Press Release

Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, hosts reception to mark 50 years of Refuge, the country’s largest single provider of specialist domestic abuse services. Her Royal Highness asks guests to use Refuge’s 50th anniversary ‘As a milestone to galvanise and inspire us all towards a world where women and children can live in safety, […]

January 22, 2021 · Press Release

Critical Committee Stage to begin which can bring about urgent law change via Domestic Abuse Bill  Peers, Refuge, and Revenge Porn Helpline stand united in their call for the threat to share intimate images to be made a crime. Revenge Porn Helpline sees calls about threats to share intimate images more than triple between 2017 […]

May 4, 2021 · Blog | Press Release

Ruth Davison, Refuge’s Chief Executive, on the Domestic Abuse Bill becoming law as the Domestic Abuse Act. It is just two weeks since I took the reins at Refuge, the largest single provider of domestic abuse services in the country. As committed feminist and activist, joining a charity which is committed to driving forward a […]

January 25, 2023 · Blog

March 23, 2021 · Press Release

A year of lockdown: Refuge releases new figures showing dramatic increase in activity across its specialist domestic abuse services. Between April 2020 and February 2021 calls and contacts* logged on Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline (NDAH) up by average of 61% 72% of people supported by NDAH were women experiencing abuse Women supported in multiple […]

April 21, 2022 · Press Release

Today, Tuesday 19 April 2022, as the Online Safety Bill appears before Parliament for its second reading, domestic abuse charity Refuge launches campaign video with TV personality and campaigner Georgia Harrison. In the video, Georgia outlines the scale of intimate image abuse. She also talks about the change she wants to see with social media […]

November 10, 2022 · Press Release

Refuge calls on the government to urgently address the cost-of-living crisis...

February 1, 2021 · Press Release

In response to the governments announcement of a £40 million funding pot, Tracy Blackwell, head of development at Refuge said: ‘Never before have so many survivors of domestic and sexual abuse come forward for support than during the Covide-19 crisis. Refuge hopes to turn to this £40million pot to fund the life-saving IDVA (Independent Domestic […]

June 16, 2020 · Press Release

As the Domestic Abuse Bill continues through the Committee stage this week, Ellie Butt, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Refuge said: “As the Committee stage of the Domestic Abuse Bill is set to conclude over the next few days, Refuge is hopeful that Government ministers and MPs on the Committee will take this […]

June 29, 2021 · Press Release

EU Settlement Scheme Deadline 30 June 2021: Refuge reports that many survivors of domestic abuse are yet to apply for Settled Status and fear this will put vulnerable families at further risk.    With the 30 June deadline for applying for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) fast approaching, reports from Refuge’s frontline services indicate that many migrant survivors of domestic abuse remain unaware that they need to apply to […]

January 9, 2020 · Press Release

Refuge, the UK’s largest domestic violence charity says 72% of service users experience abuse through technology and launches chatbot to provide real-time information to survivors Launch coincides with ‘Tonight, Tech Abuse: Stopping the Stalkers’ with Julie Etchingham on ITV at 7.30pm Refuge has today launched an online chatbot which aims to provide safe and accessible […]