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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

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

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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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction