Refuge/safe accommodation services - Find a freedom of information request

Q1. Refuge/safe accommodation services

Please fill out this table with information about all the refuge and/or safe accommodation services for survivors of domestic abuse that your local authority funds in your area in 2024/25, including any refuge/safe accommodation services that are delivered in-house.

Refuge/safe accommodation services

a. Which organisation/s do you currently fund to run refuge and/or safe accommodation in your area?

b. When did the current contract for this commissioned service start? (Month/Year)

c. When does the current contract for this commissioned service end? (Month/Year)

d. How is the funding for this service delivered? Please mark as many options as relevant with an 'X'.

e. If known, how many bed spaces for adults does your local authority fund this organisation to provide? Commissioned funding Grant funding Service delivered in-house Other (please specify) / Comments e.g. Avon Valley Domestic Abuse Service e.g. May 2024 e.g. May 2027 X X e.g. mixture of contract and grant funding. e.g. 12

f. If there is any other information you would like to provide to clarify your answers to Q1 please tell us here:

Q2. Non-refuge/community-based services:

Please fill out this table with information about any non-refuge/community-based services for survivors of domestic abuse your local authority funds in your area in 2024/25, including any services delivered in-house. Please include details of any non-refuge/community-based services you fund which are provided by organisations already listed in Q1.

Non-refuge/community-based services

a. What non-refuge/community-based services do you currently fund for survivors of domestic abuse in your area? b. Which organisation/s currently hold/s this contract?

e.g. Domestic abuse outreach service and IDVA project e.g. Avon Valley Domestic Abuse Service

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1a. EDAN Lincs who subcontract to SoLDAS as well

b. July 2020

c. June 2025

d. Commissioned funding X

Grant funding X

e. 42

2. a. • A universal digitally based support offer to all victims of domestic abuse in Lincolnshire including self-serve information and referral, a chat function, and a range of online resources and signposting for victims, their family, friends, and colleague

• A Support Hub, including helpline, effective triage function and strength-based assessment provision

• Community-based Specialist Support Interventions for Adults and Children and Young People, providing person-centred, outcome focused, support and safety planning whilst leveraging community assets and collaborating with other key partners to develop complex needs pathways alongside Substance Misuse, Mental Health, and Offender Management Services.

• An integrated IDVA Service supporting the highest risk victims including children and young people through specialist and community based IDVA workers embedded within the wider service elements and offer.

• Recovery Support element to provide a maximum additional 8 weeks of dedicated support to adult victims navigating civil court or injunctions, accommodation transitions and/or partnership dual working to build resilience and help prevent further victimisation.

• Outreach and Engagement Team to proactively target known underrepresented victim groups and develop community support networks and peer support systems to identify and enhance the community response to domestic abuse.

b. EDAN LIncs