Community Action Fund: Violence Against Women and Girls

Organisation Name 

Project Title  

Amount Awarded  

Location 

Summary 

Limehurst Academy  

Seen & Heard: A Young People Lead Exploration of Healthy Relationships  

£10,000 

Loughborough 

This project will deliver a young people-led VAWG prevention programme at Limehurst Academy, engaging students in research, discussion and co-production activities to increase understanding of healthy relationships, consent, coercive control, online influences and gender-based harm, empower young people to identify and challenge unhealthy behaviours, and create peer-led resources and campaigns that promote positive relationship behaviours across the wider school community. 

LMA Academy  

Glow and Grow Girls Squad  

£10,000 

Leicester 

This project will deliver a women-only empowerment programme for girls and women aged 8+ providing weekly physical activity, personal safety and wellbeing sessions, peer support, creative activities, specialist workshops and trusted one-to-one support to increase confidence, build resilience, improve mental wellbeing, raise awareness of Violence Against Women and Girls, and strengthen participants’ ability to recognise harm, access support and thrive within their communities. 

Uppingham Community College  

UCC’s Young Women’s Initiative  

£10,000 

Uppingham  

This project will expand Uppingham Community College’s Young Women’s Initiative to deliver a whole-community approach to preventing and responding to VAWG, providing specialist support for victims and survivors, delivering education on healthy relationships, consent and sexual violence, engaging boys and young men in prevention work, increasing community awareness, and empowering young women through leadership, mentoring and advocacy opportunities. 

Leicestershire Boxing Education CIC 

Stronger Together 

£10,000 

Leicester  

This project will deliver a year-long programme of women’s empowerment, safety and wellbeing activities for women and girls aged 14+, combining non-contact boxing, fitness, personal safety awareness and confidence-building workshops to improve physical and mental wellbeing, increase confidence, strengthen community support networks, promote personal safety, reduce social isolation, and help participants become more active, resilient and connected members of their communities. 

Peepul Centre  

Rebuilding Lives of Women Survivors of Violence  

£9,950 

Leicester  

This project will deliver a culturally competent, trauma-informed resilience and recovery programme for South Asian women aged 18+ who have experienced domestic abuse and violence, providing structured wellbeing support, one-to-one mentoring, confidence building activities, peer support, and personalised progression planning to improve mental health, reduce isolation, strengthen resilience, and support pathways into education, volunteering, employment and long-term independence. 

The Vayyu Foundation  

UHUMANS: Break the Cycle – A Community Prevention Programme 

£8,500 

Leicestershire  

This project will deliver a preventative Violence Against Women and Girls education programme across Leicester and Leicestershire, providing interactive workshops and bystander intervention training in schools, colleges, universities, workplaces and community settings to increase awareness of coercive control, misogyny, healthy relationships, consent and hidden forms of abuse, challenge harmful attitudes and behaviours, and empower individuals to recognise, prevent and respond to Violence Against Women and Girls. 

BWB The Collective 

In Their Power: Strong Bodies, Safer Choices  

£9,995.64 

Leicester 

This project will deliver a preventative, trauma-aware programme for girls aged 11–16, combining low aerial hoop activity with facilitated discussion to build confidence, body awareness, personal boundaries and safer decision-making. Through three 8-week cohorts, participants will develop greater self-esteem, improve their understanding of healthy relationships, consent and online safety, strengthen their ability to recognise and respond to unsafe situations, and learn practical emotional regulation strategies that support personal safety and wellbeing. 

Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust 

Outreach & Awareness raising targeting women and girls at risk of abuse  

£8,959.16 

Leicestershire  

This project will deliver a programme of domestic abuse awareness, prevention and outreach activities for women and girls across Leicester and Leicestershire, providing culturally sensitive workshops, community engagement and access to support information to increase awareness of abuse, improve understanding of healthy relationships, reduce barriers to seeking help, strengthen referral pathways and empower women and girls to recognise abuse and access support safely and confidently. 

Raedan Institute  

Safe Foundations 

£10,000 

Leicester  

This project will deliver a community-based VAWG prevention programme across Leicester, combining healthy relationship and coercive control education, trauma-informed wellbeing and peer support for women survivors, and supervised child contact services to increase awareness, improve safety, strengthen resilience, reduce isolation, prevent harm from escalating, and support women and young people affected by domestic abuse and related forms of violence against women and girls. 

Family Action 

Peer Support & Psychoeducation Groups for Children/Young People who have Experienced Sexual Abuse 

£9,967 

Leicester  

This project will deliver a pilot programme of structured support groups for children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse, offering psychoeducational learning, peer support and emotional wellbeing activities to help participants understand the impact of trauma, improve emotional regulation, strengthen self-confidence, recognise abusive behaviours, develop healthy relationship skills, and build safer, more positive futures. 

Women Who Can 

Creative Recovery Circles  

£6,519.35 

Melton Mowbray 

This project will provide trauma-informed creative wellbeing and peer support groups for women aged 18–35 who have experienced domestic abuse, coercive control, stalking, harassment and other forms of violence against women and girls, using creative activities, facilitated group support, wellbeing education and ongoing community engagement to reduce isolation, rebuild confidence, strengthen support networks and support longer-term recovery after abuse. 

Menphys 

Safe, Seen & Strong, VAWG Prevention for Neurodivergent Girls 

£8,000 

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 

This project will deliver a targeted Violence Against Women and Girls prevention programme for neurodivergent girls and young women aged 11–18 across, providing tailored education on healthy relationships, consent, online safety, coercive control and personal boundaries, alongside creative confidence-building activities, peer support, community-based learning opportunities and parent awareness sessions. 

Quetzal 

Support for Survivors of CSA 

£9,990 

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland  

This project will provide specialist trauma-informed counselling for adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, helping them process the impact of trauma, improve mental health and wellbeing, build self-esteem and resilience, develop healthy relationship skills and personal boundaries and reduce the risk of future harm through access to flexible, specialist therapeutic support. 

Charnwood 20:20 (Love4Life) 

Love4Life: Consent and Coercive Control Workshops 

£5,268 

Leicestershire 

This project will deliver a programme of interactive healthy relationships workshops for Year 9 and Year 10 students across four secondary schools in Leicestershire, providing education on consent, healthy communication, boundaries, coercive control, gender stereotypes and abusive behaviours to increase young people's understanding of healthy relationships. 

New Futures Project 

Direct Outreach and Community Engagement 

£10,000 

Leicester 

This project will provide trauma-informed outreach, early intervention, crisis support and recovery services for women and young people affected by violence, exploitation and abuse, delivering community awareness activities, intensive casework, drop-in support and the Freedom Programme to increase safety, improve access to support, strengthen resilience, promote recovery and reduce the risk of future harm. 

Everyone’s Invited 

Sexual Violence Prevention Education Programme  

£10,000 

Leicestershire  

This project will deliver a Violence Against Women and Girls prevention education programme in secondary schools across Leicestershire, providing students and staff with evidence-based training on healthy relationships, consent, gender stereotypes, harmful behaviours and respectful communication. 

Live Cancer Free  

Safe Futures: Preventing VAWG in Leicester  

£9,570 

Leicester  

This project will deliver a community-based Violence Against Women and Girls prevention programme, providing workshops, educational resources, peer support and community engagement activities to increase awareness of healthy relationships, consent and coercive control, strengthen confidence to seek help, develop safe bystander intervention skills, improve access to support services, and empower communities to recognise and challenge Violence Against Women and Girls. 

Resilience Through Martial Arts 

Women’s Recovery & Empowerment Programme 

£9,350 

Leicester 

This project will deliver a trauma-informed recovery and empowerment programme for women and girls who have experienced domestic abuse and gender-based violence, combining female-led martial arts, fitness and Pilates sessions with mentoring and peer support. 

Go-Getta CIC 

RE:SET – ‘Setting the Foundations for Healthy Relationships’ 

£10,000 

Leicester 

This project will deliver a targeted programme of healthy relationship and coercive control awareness workshops for young people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, equipping participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to recognise controlling and abusive behaviours, understand consent and personal boundaries, build healthy relationships, challenge harmful attitudes and access support. 

H.O.P.E Training & Leadership CIC 

H.O.P.E Employer VAWG Series – Equipping Employers to Make a Difference 

£10,000 

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 

This project will deliver the H.O.P.E Employer VAWG Series across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Supporting employers to recognise, respond to and refer employees affected by VAWG. The project will provide a programme of online, in-person employer learning events and self-assessment audit tools to improve employer awareness, confidence and compliance with their legal responsibilities, while strengthening links between employers and local specialist support services.