Disabled Victims of Domestic Abuse Fund

In 2015 Public Health England published a report on disability and domestic violence. The report reviewed the published evidence and statistical information about domestic violence affecting disabled people; it highlighted that disabled people experience disproportionately higher rates of domestic abuse than non-disabled people. The Home Office is seeking to tackle domestic abuse by allocating £250,000 grant funding (from April 2018 to March 2020) for interventions designed to support disabled victims of domestic abuse aged 16 and over, and to improve capacity within the wider domestic abuse sector to respond appropriately to disabled victims. Submissions are welcome from statutory (e.…

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