HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING) 

Funding will be used to support a 24/7 helpline which tackles the abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK by guiding them and their families and carers. This includes free confidential ....more

Funding will be used to support a 24/7 helpline which tackles the abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK by guiding them and their families and carers. This includes free confidential advice emotional support and signposting to other support including safeguarding and legal services.

Hourglass (Safer Ageing) received £230396 to support older people in Wales who are victims of financial abuse. It will reduce the number of future victims and those at risk through awareness raising ....more

Hourglass (Safer Ageing) received £230396 to support older people in Wales who are victims of financial abuse. It will reduce the number of future victims and those at risk through awareness raising prevention work and develop referral pathways to and from relevant organisations and agencies. The grant will help older people in Wales to feel more independent confident and knowledgeable about protecting their finances. Derbyniodd Hourglass (Safer Ageing) £230396 i gefnogi pobl hn yng Nghymru sydd wedi dioddef camdrin ariannol. Bydd hyn yn lleihau nifer y dioddefwyr yn y dyfodol a’r rhai sy’n wynebu risg drwy godi ymwybyddiaeth gwaith atal a datblygu llwybrau cyfeirio at sefydliadau ac asiantaethau perthnasol. Bydd y grant yn helpu pobl hn yng Nghymru i deimlo’n fwy annibynnol hyderus a gwybodus am ddiogelu eu harian.

Ministry of Justice DA/SV 22-25 - 2 x FTE Caseworker Information Officers

Ministry of Justice ISVA/IDVA 2022-25 - 1 FTE IDVAs to support older victims of abuse

Hourglass Core Costs

The Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) is currently funding organisations which provide vital support for victims of VAWG crimes and their families. This grant will extend these services until we have ....more

The Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) is currently funding organisations which provide vital support for victims of VAWG crimes and their families. This grant will extend these services until we have completed a competition to ensure VFM and secure multi year funding to run alongside the 3 yr SR.We are seeking approval to ensure that key services for the successful implementation of the Home Office VAWG and DA Strategies (henceforth referred to as the Strategies) is not dropped whilst an associated competition is run. The key service covered by this business case is the specialised by and for services to support victims of VAWG and in particular victims with greater vulnerabilities. We propose this to be delivered by directly funding of 9 organisations for 8 months with a 2 month break clause by which point a competition would have been run; with the break clause allowing us to move more quickly should we be able to expedite the competition.

The Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) is currently funding organisations which provide vital support for victims of VAWG crimes and their families. This grant will extend these services until we have ....more

The Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) is currently funding organisations which provide vital support for victims of VAWG crimes and their families. This grant will extend these services until we have completed a competition to ensure VFM and secure multi year funding to run alongside the 3 yr SR.We are seeking approval to ensure that key services for the successful implementation of the Home Office VAWG and DA Strategies (henceforth referred to as the Strategies) is not dropped whilst an associated competition is run. The key service covered by this business case is the specialised by and for services to support victims of VAWG and in particular victims with greater vulnerabilities. We propose this to be delivered by directly funding of 9 organisations for 8 months with a 2 month break clause by which point a competition would have been run; with the break clause allowing us to move more quickly should we be able to expedite the competition.

Hourglass (Safer Ageing) is using a £9899 grant to deliver pop-up clinics for older people at risk of or vulnerable to harm exploitation neglect and abuse. The sessions will run in Newry Antrim ....more

Hourglass (Safer Ageing) is using a £9899 grant to deliver pop-up clinics for older people at risk of or vulnerable to harm exploitation neglect and abuse. The sessions will run in Newry Antrim Bangor Belfast Lisburn and Newtownabbey to raise awareness provide advice and connect older people to local services that can help them.

As committed in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Home Office will provide an additional £1.5 million funding for 'by and for' service provision and further increase ....more

As committed in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Home Office will provide an additional £1.5 million funding for 'by and for' service provision and further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of violence against women and girls. £300,000 of the £1.5 million has already been provided to increase the £2 million Specialist Fund (2021-22) launched by the Ministry of Justice with Comic Relief. The remainder £1.2 million will be provided for exitsing IAU grant recipients to help build the capacity of smaller, specialist by and for organisations supporting survivors of VAWG, who are from ethnic minorities, disabled, or are LGBT

The funding will be used to establish pop up clinics for elderly people at risk of abuse and exploitation. The projects aims to raise awareness promote safer ageing and provide emotional and ....more

The funding will be used to establish pop up clinics for elderly people at risk of abuse and exploitation. The projects aims to raise awareness promote safer ageing and provide emotional and practical support.

Hourglass (Safer Ageing) will use £9899 to provide pop up advice clinics and ongoing support for older people across Wales who are at risk of harm abuse or neglect.

The main purpose of this grant is to support older victims of domestic abuse specifically, who are particularly vulnerable members of the community. This grant will support delivery of the Home ....more

The main purpose of this grant is to support older victims of domestic abuse specifically, who are particularly vulnerable members of the community. This grant will support delivery of the Home Offices single Departmental Plan in delivery of Objective 1 Improve Public Safety and Security, specifically objective 1.4 Protect vulnerable people and communities and associated objectives on protecting the most vulnerable in our society from Domestic Abuse.At a high-level, this grant will support activities of Hourglass- the only organisation in the UK solely focussed and specialised on supporting elderly victims of domestic abuse. This grant will build on the progress made in previous years to support more elderly victims of domestic abuse during a period of acute and unprecedented demand. This funding will continue to bolster the organisations existing helpline casework function to support more elderly victims of abuse; expand the services offered to include the online Safer Ageing Knowledge Bank and online chat capability to enable remote working capabilities to ensure ongoing service provision during the transition out of national social distancing restrictions.The funding will support the organisation to meet new and ongoing acute demand for support during the current COVID-19 pandemic by recruiting and training new staff as well as befriender volunteers to work with older people who are isolated and lonely, as well as development of online chat capacity and related advice for the elderly in the Covid-19 period.

Hourglass Core Costs

to expand Essex service provision from the East Anglia Hub of a charity addressing elderly abuse

Hourglass Helpline

Grant to Hourglass meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.

The Hourglass mission is to end the harm, abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK. As the UK’s only charity focused on the abuse and neglect of older people, they staff a free-to-call ....more

The Hourglass mission is to end the harm, abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK. As the UK’s only charity focused on the abuse and neglect of older people, they staff a free-to-call helpline. Funding will support the running costs of the Sussex project; a peer group and one to one support.

Hourglass aims to end the harm abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK. They have a national helpline an Elder Abuser Recovery Service which supports older people to recover from harmful ....more

Hourglass aims to end the harm abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK. They have a national helpline an Elder Abuser Recovery Service which supports older people to recover from harmful experiences as well as working to increase awareness and campaigning. This funding will allow Hourglass to upgrade their operations to meaningfully deal with the issues Covid-19 has created by rapidly upscaling their Helpline online capabilities and presence in all four nations.

To keep the Suffolk Branch of Action on Elder Abuse trading as Hourglass open throughout the Covid 19 pandemic to help keep older people safe.

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to:promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise ....more

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to:promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise public and professionals awarenessprotect and support to enhance the safety of victims and the support that they receivepursue and deter to provide an effective response to perpetrators from initial agency response through to conviction and management of offenders, including rehabilitationimprove performance to drive consistency and better performance in the response to domestic abuse across all local areas, agencies and sectors

The purpose of this funding is to provide additional funds for DA charities to help them cope with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic/lockdown; to enable them to continue to meet their usual ....more

The purpose of this funding is to provide additional funds for DA charities to help them cope with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic/lockdown; to enable them to continue to meet their usual levels of demand, to keep pace with rising levels of demand during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and to remain solvent such that they can continue to provide support both during and after the pandemic. This will all help to safeguard victims of DA and provide essential emergency support to those affected by COVID-19.

Action on Elder Abuse is using a grant of £10,000 to deliver a pilot project where existing volunteers will recruit and train new volunteers to become 'Elder Abuse Champions' in their own community. ....more

Action on Elder Abuse is using a grant of £10,000 to deliver a pilot project where existing volunteers will recruit and train new volunteers to become 'Elder Abuse Champions' in their own community. The project is initially working in the Antrim, Belfast, Ballyclare, Newry, Annalong and Downpatrick areas, with the aim of building a network of volunteers across Northern Ireland. Supported by a Services Co-Ordinator, volunteers are planning and delivering a programme of awareness raising in their local community.

Elder Abuse Community Empowerment Project

This group will use the funding to continue a volunteer one to one support service for older people who have experienced abuse in Dunfermline and West Fife.

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to:promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise ....more

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to:promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise public and professionals awarenessprotect and support to enhance the safety of victims and the support that they receivepursue and deter to provide an effective response to perpetrators from initial agency response through to conviction and management of offenders, including rehabilitationimprove performance to drive consistency and better performance in the response to domestic abuse across all local areas, agencies and sectors

Towards operating a volunteer-led Elder Abuse Recovery Service which supports older victims of financial, psychological, physical, sexual abuse and scams each year.

The charity supports elderly victims of abuse. The funding will support their Peer Volunteer programme to help engage older people to address issues of abuse, make them safe and free from ....more

The charity supports elderly victims of abuse. The funding will support their Peer Volunteer programme to help engage older people to address issues of abuse, make them safe and free from exploitation.

A grant to fund three peer support groups for victims of elder abuse.

Enhance and develop two primary support services to extend their reach and capability this includes developing casework within the helpline and extending the areas covered by the Recovery service. ....more

Enhance and develop two primary support services to extend their reach and capability this includes developing casework within the helpline and extending the areas covered by the Recovery service. Some callers, especially the oldest and most vulnerable may not be in a position to act themselves and therefore Action on Elder Abuse will seek to intervene and liaise with statutory bodies to ensure the caller receives the support they need.Ensure that both the public and practitioners are better equipped to challenge the abuse of older people wherever it may occur.Provide training and development of staff; raise awareness of the issue; andShare good practice with third sector organisation, the general public and practitioners through development of training packages, seminars, conferences and train the train events.

This group will work with older people who have been affected by abuse. The project will provide peer support in one-to-one and group sessions.

Volunteer training and more resources will help us enable survivors to achieve full recovery and put their trauma behind them.

Your financial support will help expand Action on Elder Abuse's service nationwide, helping identify & support more victims in need.

Towards support for victims and addressing the root causes of elder abuse.

Structured one-to-one peer support for older people who have been the victim of abuse

£44,420 over three years (£11,900; £14,300; £18,220) towards project set-up costs of the Buddying service in three London boroughs.

£10,000 towards core costs

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The charity supports elderly victims of abuse. The funding will support their Peer Volunteer programme to help engage older people to address issues of abuse, make them safe and free from ....more

The charity supports elderly victims of abuse. The funding will support their Peer Volunteer programme to help engage older people to address issues of abuse, make them safe and free from exploitation.

£10,000 towards the running costs of the helpline and core costs of the charity