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Impact Report 2024-25

Women's Aid Federation of England is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. In its 50th anniversary year (2024-25), the federation grew to 185 member organisations delivering over 300 frontline services across England, engaged with 342 women through its No Woman Turned Away project, supported 2,560 survivors through the Home Office Flexible Fund, and delivered healthy relationships education to 10,896 children and young people. The charity also successfully overturned proposed mandatory mediation in family courts.

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342 women engaged through No Woman Turned Away project, securing access to safe accommodation

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 185 member organisations delivering over 300 frontline services across England
Key Metric 2 2,560 survivors supported through the Home Office Flexible Fund
Key Metric 3 10,896 children and young people received Expect Respect healthy relationships education

Key Outcomes

  • On Track national dataset holds records of over 250,000 survivors — England's largest domestic abuse dataset
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Geography

UK-Wide

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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
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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
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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
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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
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More than 12,000 New Yorkers served in calendar 2025
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More than 9,000 diverted from unnecessary jail stays with support and treatment
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83% of new 32-week employment programme graduates completed an industry-standard credential
91% of young people had no new arrest after participating in alternatives to incarceration.