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"...If the numbers in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the country would be up in arms and it would be the lead story on the news every night..."

Hammersmith & Fulham

ADVANCE was set up in 1998 as a pilot project, in response to many years of work with the Domestic Violence Forum.

Quick Facts About Us

- We have been helping women since
1998 and still going strong.

- We only have female staff in order to make our women feel more comfortable.

- 50% of our funding comes from statutory bodies, the rest we have to fund raise ourselves to keep the service running.

- We dealt with an average of 1500 cases a year.

- ADVANCE was involved in the set up and running of the first Specialist Domestic Violence Court in Hammersmith & Fulham.

- 76% of women who used our service reported that domestic abuse stopped after as a result of our help.

Research undertaken by the Forum identified a gap in services for survivors who wanted to obtain protection through the criminal justice system, revealing that only a very small number of cases ever got to court and an even smaller number resulted in a successful prosecution. We recognised that the system was failing survivors and that there was very little support offered to survivors attending court trying to gain protection from domestic violence.

In 1998 there was no agency in Hammersmith and Fulham providing ongoing intensive support and information to survivors still living with their abusers. ADVANCE set out to tackle this problem and to support survivors through the long and often confusing legal process from police callout to continuing support after the court case has finished.

We are still the only agency trained and experienced in dealing with high and very high risk domestic violence casework.

Brent

In the London borough of Brent, ADVANCE is now the first point of contact for female survivors who call police, access emergency housing or go to a health site for treatment.

Since January 2008, we have been managing our second domestic violence advocacy project on behalf of Brent Council. The project is based within Brent Police station and is known as ADVANCE Brent. We have successfully replicated the good practice developed in Hammersmith.

Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing a 3 year contract with the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and the City of Westminster to deliver domestic violence advocacy services.

This will start in July 2011

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