Women’s organisations are struggling to survive – according to latest data
New data published today by the National Women’s Justice Coalition and the UK Women’s Budget Group shows that women’s organisations are facing extreme financial precarity and insecurity in the current financial year and beyond.
Women’s centres are proven to be more cost-effective than sending women to prison
A new briefing paper published today by the National Women’s Justice Coalition (NWJC) and the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG) presents shocking new data about the extent of the funding gap women’s organisations will be expected to plug in the financial year ahead.
The Women’s Centre Model – the Financial Case for Alternatives to Prison highlights that 77% of the 26 women’s organisations that make up the NWJC do not have the funding they need to deliver the Women’s Centre Model and women’s specialist services in the community in 2025-26.
The briefing goes on to summarise the most recent evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of the Women’s Centre Model in community-based alternatives to prison for women and makes a comprehensive set of recommendations to safeguard the sustainability of women’s organisations and improving commissioning and funding processes.
Abbi Ayers, Director of Strategic Development for the NWJC, said:
“If the Secretary of State for Justice and the Women’s Justice Board are committed to their ambition to reduce the number of women in prison, they must centre women’s organisations in the Board’s strategy, recognising and protecting sustainable, long-term investment in the Women’s Centre Model and specialist women’s services, to enable more women to be supported in the community.”
Download this briefing paper in full from our Resource Centre here.