{"id":4950,"date":"2023-04-27T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/?p=4950"},"modified":"2023-05-23T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T08:38:15","slug":"victims-fleeing-domestic-abuse-to-receive-government-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/victims-fleeing-domestic-abuse-to-receive-government-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims fleeing domestic abuse to receive government cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"A-Basicstorywritingstyle\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">The Westminster government is to give people leaving abusive relationships \u00a3250 to help them re-establish their lives. The one-off payment will double to \u00a3500 if they have children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"A-Basicstorywritingstyle\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">With a \u00a3300,000 funding pot, the trial scheme is being run with help from Women\u2019s Aid given its national reach, expertise and existing infrastructure, the Home Office said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"A-Basicstorywritingstyle\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">The new support follows Women\u2019s Aid research finding that almost three-quarters of women living with their abuser are finding it harder to leave as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. Two-thirds of survivors also said abusers are using the higher cost of living as a tool for coercive control, including to justify further restricting their access to money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"A-Basicstorywritingstyle\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">Women\u2019s Aid chief executive Farah Nazeer said: \u201cThe pilot of a fund is an excellent start in supporting survivors who desperately need emergency funds to leave their abuser, and an important breakthrough moment. This fund really could be the difference between life and death for the most vulnerable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"A-Basicstorywritingstyle\"><span lang=\"X-NONE\">To obtain the payment, a survivor has to be referred by a frontline worker after they have determined the survivor\u2019s eligibility based on specific criteria. It is envisaged the money will help pay for essentials such as groceries, nappies and sanitary products; rent on a previous property; or be put towards a deposit on new accommodation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Westminster government is to give people leaving abusive relationships \u00a3250 to help them re-establish their lives. The one-off payment will double to \u00a3500 if they have children. With a \u00a3300,000 funding pot, the trial scheme is being run with help from Women\u2019s Aid given its national reach, expertise and existing infrastructure, the Home Office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4952,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950\/revisions\/4952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncdvmagazine.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}