Adults and Children at risk of domestic violence
Dear Department for Communities (Northern Ireland),
Please provide me with a summary of all support provided by DfC to people at risk of / experiencing domestic violence over the period 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2021, disaggregated by sex.
For each year, please also advise me of the amount of funding support provided by DfC to charities that are members of the Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland.
Please also confirm if any support services funded by DfC refuse access to children under the age of 18 on the basis of their sex.
For context, a 2020 report by Women’s Aid confirmed that they continue to operate exclusionary criteria that bar boy child survivors from access to many of their refuges and related specialist support services.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Patterson
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Dear Alex Patterson,
Please find attached acknowledgement of your request.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Lindsay | Information Management Branch | Department for Communities
Level 5 | Nine Lanyon Place | BELFAST | BT1 3LP
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Good afternoon Mr Patterson,
Please see attached response from the Department for Communities following
your Freedom of Information request.
Regards
Addie
Addie Lyttle| Departmental Co-ordination Team | Department for Communities
Causeway Exchange | 1-7 Bedford Street | Belfast | BT2 7EG
(Working from home)
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