The Guardian covers NWJC’s concerns over £5.1 million funding deficit faced by women’s organisations

Thanks to Christopher Osuh and The Guardian UK for their news piece over the weekend highlighting the enormous £5.1 million pound funding gap our parners are facing in the year ahead.

With MoJ core cost grants and diversionary funding set to end in March 2025, many women’s organisations face an uncertain financial future and risk losing experienced staff, suspending vital services and closing women’s only spaces.

The £5.1 million projected funding gap is our conservative estimate based on data provided by 76% of NWJC partner organisations. Couple this with the additional £500,000 our partners will need to find to cover their increased national insurance contributions in 2025, and the view from the funding cliff edge is truly frightening.

Collectively, and with wider colleagues from across the women’s sector, we are urgently calling on the government to allocate sustainable, long-term funding to women’s organisations as soon as possible, to ensure we can continue to support women and girls in contact with the criminal justice system.