An investment of £27.4m* annually is needed to support specialist community-based services to help with long-term recovery. *Minimum required investment per year as called for in June’s Spending Review by @womanstrust.bsky.social to fund community-based specialist and long-term provision.

We hear you, Serena - we're hopeful that long overdue change is on the way.

🧵3/3 Given that half of all women’s requests for mental health support are linked to domestic abuse, we agree with the author's conclusion: domestic abuse is a public health issue – and should be treated as such.

#vawg #ipv #mentalhealth

🧵2/3 Often women come to us years after an abusive relationship has ended - because it has taken them that long to recognise they need mental health support, or that it's connected to abuse they experienced years, even decades ago.

#vawg #mentalhealth #ipv

Grateful for your support!

You can read the letter in full here vidasheffield.org.uk/wp-content/u...

#GiveSurvivorsHope #SpendingReview2025
#womenshealth #mentalhealth #trauma #therapy #recovery
#Sheffield #SheffieldCharity #mentalhealthsheffield
#VAWG #EndVAWG #MVAWG #MaleViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls