For further information on some of our projects, please click the links below:
About the project - In collaboration with H.O.P.E Training and Consultancy, researchers set out to explore family and intimate relationship harm within black and minoritised communities through a rapid survey (Increasing safety for those experiencing family and intimate relationship harm within black and minority ethnic communities by responding to those who harm).
Professionals, practitioners, activists, academics and students from black and minority ethnic communities were invited to participate in the project via an online survey, while H.O.P.E facilitated a virtual knowledge sharing event for those with professional and experiential expertise.
Aim of the project - The project is designed to address inequities in the evidence base on working with people who use harmful behaviour, contributing to a more informed and effective response . The project findings will inform a briefing calling for an inclusive national government perpetrator strategy and a diverse research agenda co-produced with those from black and minority ethnic communities. Researchers analysed survey findings and contributions from speakers and participants at the knowledge sharing event to identify significant themes; these findings aided researchers in identifying where change is needed and formulating a series of recommendations.
Research Team members
- Dr Olumide Adisa – Project lead
- Dr Katherine Allen
External collaborators:
- Kyla Kirkpatrick – Director of Drive
- Meena Kumari - Founder of H.O.P.E Training and Consultancy
- Craig Pinkney - Founder of Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict
Newly published* Project outputs - The research report and briefing outlines recommendations for funders, perpetrator services and the wider VAWG sector.
Contact - Dr Olumide Adisa; email: o.adisa@uos.ac.uk
Survey now open, ends 5 Aug 2020. Click on link to go to the survey.
As part of a Comic Relief-funded project to examine the funding landscape for local-level violence against women and girls’ services, we are interested in the views of everyone who has a say in the running and direction of their small and medium sized charity or organisation to understand barriers and challenges in accessing different funding pots for community-based service provision of violence against women and girls’ services. It is entirely voluntary to participate.
For the purposes of the survey, we’ve identified grassroots organisations as having an annual income of £100,000 or less. If your income is more, we would still love to hear from you.
The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. Please click on link to go to the survey.
Thank you for giving the time to share your experiences. It will remain open until Wednesday 5th August 2020 and the results will be compiled into a Comic Relief report that will be widely shared.
By way of a thank you for taking part, everyone who completes the survey has the chance to be entered into a draw to win one of the 25 £20 Amazon vouchers. Simply enter your charity email address in the survey. Your answers won’t be linked to your email address, so confidentiality is assured, and we won’t pass on your contact details or use them for anything other than to inform you if you win.
If you have any questions about the survey, please email Dr Olumide Adisa; o.adisa@uos.ac.uk
About the project - The project will review, analyse and map the funding mechanisms and flow to domestic abuse services, using this evidence to provide a set of recommendations on how funding flows could be improved with a focus on highlighting disparities in access to funding faced by specialist 'by and for' services which support Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, LGBTQI+ and/or disabled survivors.
Working collaboratively with Comic Relief, researchers will work with frontline service providers located across England and Wales to understand the flow of finances to VAWG services at a local level, and the barriers and challenges small to medium organisations face in accessing funding pots. The team will use their analysis and understanding of these issues to formulate corrective mechanisms that could support more equitable and sustainable funding streams.
Aim of the project - By mapping funding flows, the research team will be able to identify dysfunctionalities in how funding is currently distributed and outline recommendations for achieving more sustainable, long-term funding for specialist community-based services at a local level. Ultimately, project findings could help to make the case for widespread reform in funding mechanisms, with a shift away from 'post code lottery' allocation and a move toward a stable, long-term funding architecture
Research Team members
- Dr Olumide Adisa - Project lead and PI
- Prof Emma Bond
- Dr Katherine Allen
- Meena Kumari
- Dr Ruth Weir
Planned outputs - The research team will produce a report presenting the findings of their socio-economic analysis, as well as an exploration of the lived experiences of frontline service practitioners in accessing funding.
The researchers will create a visual mapping of the funding ecosystem from available evidence, depicting the 'funding plumbing system' with its multiple flows, areas of concentration and blockages. They will also produce an alternative funding ecosystem based on how an improved and more equitable funding flow could look.
The team will document their methods to produce a simple, user-friendly methodology that other teams could use to map funding flows.
In the autumn, the project findings will feed into an event with stakeholders, decision-makers and local organisations. The event will explore the need for funding reform, and articulate an evidence-informed vision of how future funding flows could work.
Contact - Dr Olumide Adisa; email: o.adisa@uos.ac.uk
About the project - In partnership with Suffolk County Council (SCC), researchers conducted an evaluation of Suffolk’s Domestic Abuse Champions (SDAC). The research team members who are also part of the Domestic Abuse Research Network (include link) used qualitative and quantitative data shared by SCC, including survey feedback from Champions themselves, to evaluate the early impacts and social value of SDAC.
Aim of the project - Researchers analysed the data provided by SCC to capture early programme outcomes, create a theory of change framework to model downstream effects and calculate the economic and social impacts of the SDAC. By detailing how and why the SDAC programme works to achieve identified impacts, and demonstrating its social value, SCC and the research team aimed to strengthen the evidence base underlying the Champions model as a whole, and provide a robust assessment of SDAC’s efficacy and areas for improvement. Researchers also framed a set of recommendations for enhanced internal monitoring procedures to support ongoing evaluation and programme development.
Research Team members
- Dr Katherine Allen – Project lead
- Dr Olumide Adisa
- Katie Tyrrell
Project outputs - The research team have produced a report detailing the Champions survey findings and social value analysis (to be published here in Sept 2020). If you would like to be emailed a copy, please email: research@uos.ac.uk
Contact - Dr Olumide Adisa; email: o.adisa@uos.ac.uk
