Justice for victims

Law is not safety: fund it, enforce it, protect survivors.

This campaign seeks to ensure that the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 delivers more than legal recognition on paper and instead creates real safety, support and justice for survivors and their children. The Act was a major step forward because it gave a clearer legal framework for understanding domestic abuse as more than isolated incidents of violence.

However, legal reform alone does not guarantee protection. Survivors continue to face weak enforcement, inconsistent policing, limited refuge provision, poor access to legal aid and barriers connected to immigration status. For this reason, the campaign argues that the law must be backed by consistent, trauma-informed, adequately funded and accessible responses across criminal justice, family courts, welfare and support services.