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Thematic briefings

Find out more about learning from the Women and Girls Initiative through briefings co-created with specialist services funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

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Sanctuary and freedom: the transformational power of spaces for women and girls

Transforming the lives of women and girls by creating the right physical and emotional spaces. An evidence briefing published in March 2022.

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Preventing another serial killer

A briefing from 2021 demonstrating how women’s support services can help stop perpetrators in their tracks

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Safer pair of hands: Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) specialist violence against women...

A briefing co-produced with ‘by and for’ specialist organisations, published in 2021.

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Why working with girls and young women matters

A briefing from 2019 co-produced with young women and girls’ project staff, designed to support those providing services for young women and girls.

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Why Women’s Centres work

How women’s centres can play a key role in meeting the needs of women in their communities. An evidence briefing published in 2019.

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Influencing commissioners

A resource for projects funded through the National Lottery Community Fund’s Women and Girls Initiative, published in 2019.

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Feminist co-production

A resource for women and girls’ sector projects, helping commissioners, funders and service providers understand the history and principles of feminist co-creation. A...

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Increasing the voice and influence of girls and young women

This briefing published in 2020, includes insights from nine WGI funded girls and young women’s projects. It shares the principles and values driving...

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Residential services for women survivors of abuse and multiple disadvantage

Implications of the Covid-19 pandemic: where are we now?A briefing from 2020.

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It’s been a game changer: the impact of National Lottery funding on women...

A short report, published in 2020 that shares learning about successful WGI-funded projects.

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Women’s mental health: the essential contribution of feminist services

A briefing from 2020 which introduces feminist approaches to women’s mental health, explaining why they are needed and the value they add.

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Partnership working for women and girls

A briefing published in 2020 which draws on learning shared Women’s Lives Leeds, Greater Manchester Women’s Support Alliance and the Sheffield Women...

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