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£2.3m a year pledged for groups which support abuse survivors

Up to £2.3 million a year of funding is being made available to organisations which support adult survivors of childhood abuse. Support groups can now apply for the latest round of grants from the Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support Fund, which ...

22 Mar 2024 at 11:54

Victims urge: ‘Demonstrate atonement by contributing to redress fund’

Organisations which ran the institutions in Northern Ireland where children were abused have been urged to atone by contributing to the redress fund. Representatives of six – including religious orders, Barnardos and the Irish Church Missions – ...

11 Mar 2022 at 16:55

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Historical institutional abuse awareness campaign

Jon McCourt, the tireless Derry advocate for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse, has welcomed a new campaign around the issue. Jon spoke to Derry Now following the Executive Office’s launch this week of a campaign aimed at ...

23 Mar 2023 at 12:33

Scotland

Abuse survivor payments surpass £20m mark, says Swinney

The total paid to victims of historical child abuse by Scotland’s redress agency has surpassed £20 million. Redress Scotland was created following the passage of legislation – guided through Parliament by outgoing Deputy First Minister John ...

23 Mar 2023 at 10:08

Church vote on safeguarding ‘a punch in the gut for survivors’

A Church of England vote which delays fully independent safeguarding has been branded a “punch in the gut” for victims of abuse. Representatives of survivors said the outcome was “incredibly disappointing” and showed the Church had decided ...

11 Feb 2025 at 18:19

Abuse survivors plead with Church Synod to vote for independent safeguarding

The Church of England has a chance to “step away from secrecy and self-protection” when it votes on a new approach to how it handles safeguarding, an abuse lawyer has said. Demonstrators including abuse survivors stood outside Church ...

11 Feb 2025 at 12:14

Church’s parliament urged to back independent safeguarding to ‘restore trust’

The Church of England must choose to make its safeguarding processes independent to “restore trust” among abuse survivors, its parliament has heard ahead of a significant vote on the issue. General Synod members are choosing a new ...

11 Feb 2025 at 14:44

Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland provided ‘powerful moment’ for abuse survivors

Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland six years ago was said to have offered a “powerful” opportunity for survivors of clerical abuse to gather in solidarity and highlight scandals. Despite being praised for an “important” letter to US ...

21 Apr 2025 at 09:22

Camilla says women fleeing abuse ‘have nothing to be ashamed of’ in refuge visit

The Duchess of Cornwall has said women fleeing domestic abuse “have nothing to be ashamed of” as she visited a refuge in Canada. Camilla was visiting a YWCA transitional housing centre in Yellowknife, the capital of the ...

20 May 2022 at 03:00

Scotland

Government urged to create single contact point for domestic abuse victims

A Holyrood committee has urged the Scottish Government to create a single point of contact to help domestic abuse victims leave their relationships. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee launched an inquiry ...

09 Jul 2025 at 00:01

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