Community & Social Justice Poverty & Inclusion 2024
Southall Black Sisters

Annual Report 2023/24

Southall Black Sisters is a pioneering 'by and for' organisation supporting Black, minoritised and migrant women and girls facing gender-based violence. Their 2023/24 annual report covers direct support to over 5,400 callers and 700+ women, alongside intensive legislative campaigning on migrant victims' rights, No Recourse to Public Funds, Banaz's Law and the Victims and Prisoners Act. SBS holds core participant status at the Covid-19 Inquiry and participates in 23 national working groups.

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📋About

National helpline; direct casework (domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based abuse, immigration/NRPF); counselling; emergency accommodation; support group (workshops, cultural activities, ESOL); community outreach; professional training (HBA training to 160 professionals); parliamentary evidence and legislative campaigning; participation in 23 working groups Custom geography from upload: London / UK (national helpline)

📊Key Metrics

5,472 callers supported through national helpline in 2023/24 Key Metric 1
706 Black, minoritised and migrant women received direct casework support with gender-based violence; 100 women received counselling Key Metric 2
182 women and children engaged through support group activities including arts, horticulture, dance and ESOL classes Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Support for Migrant Victims (SMV) pilot fund extended until March 2025 following SBS campaigning; SBS-commissioned independent evaluation highlighted the pilot's fundamental importance
  • Oral and written evidence to House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee fed into the So-Called Honour-Based Abuse Report; advocacy for Banaz's Law debated in the House of Commons Committee stage
  • Core participant status secured at Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2; SBS representative questioned Boris Johnson and Priti Patel on government response to Black, minoritised and migrant women during the pandemic

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