IMPACT THEME: Housing & Homelessness, Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Poverty and Disadvantage
WHAT THEY DO: Ella's works with women who have survived trafficking and sexual exploitation.
YEAR FOUNDED: 2014
LOCATION: London
PARTNERSHIP DATE: June 2022
FUND PARTNERSHIP: Women in Safe Homes Fund
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS:
ABOUT: Ella's mission is to ensure survivors of trafficking and exploitation have all they need to recover and build lives that are safe and free. To achieve this, it offers safe house accommodation for women when they are most vulnerable, care to help them recover and move forward and long-term community-based support to help survivors build safe, independent lives.
60% of all homeless adults in temporary accommodation in England are women
62% of women were turned away at first referrals due to services being unable to meet their need
22% shortfall in refuge spaces as recommended by the Council of Europe
PURPOSE OF PARTNERSHIP: The partnership between Ella's and the Women in Safe Homes Fund aims to offer secure and suitable accommodation to women, allowing them to access safety, gain independence and exercise their own choices in life through support services that focus on empowerment. The fund is buying 4 properties for Ella's to house women who are in urgent need of a safe home and seeking support, and has purchased 2 properties so far.
So far, the fund has already bought 78 homes (63% of its property target), to house 183 women and 80 children. As of March 2024, 54 homes had been handed to partners, providing 183 women and 80 children with a safe new home.
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