Our work Projects Ascent Ascent About Ascent Ascent Support Services to Organisations Activities and Resources under the Ascent Support Services to Organisations Strand Ascent Resources Case Studies Ascent Activity Table Contact About Ascent Ascent is a partnership project undertaken by the London Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Consortium, delivering a range of services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, under six themes, funded by London Councils. The six themes are: Advice and Counselling Domestic and Sexual Violence Helplines Ending Harmful Practices Specialist Refuge Prevention Support Services to Organisations The Ascent project has been running since 2013 and is currently funded until 2026. Ascent Support Services to Organisations The Ascent Support Services to Organisations aims to address the long term sustainability needs of organisations providing services to those affected by sexual and domestic violence. The partners in the Ascent Support Services to Organisations strand are: Women's Resource Centre (Lead Partner) Rights of Women Respect Women and Girls Network Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) Imkaan Activities and Resources under the Ascent Support Services to Organisations Strand The Ascent project offers a rich variety of fully funded activities and resources for London-based organisations working with those affected by domestic and sexual violence. Our strand offers the following activities: Accredited Training Expert Led Training Sustainability Training Specialist Briefing Sessions Webinars Special Events Bespoke Support 1:1 support Best Practice Briefings The topics covered include but are not limited to: Evaluation and Peer Research Domestic Abuse Act and Housing Understanding and Working with suicidality Multiple Disadvantage Sexual Violence Working with Black and minoritised women affected by violence Improving referral pathways Best Practice of anti-racism Working with Black and minoritised women affected by domestic violence Domestic Abuse Act Training Series Understanding and working with Harmful Practices Immigration and VAWG Professional Resilience and Self Care Understanding Perpetrators Working with Forced Marriage and FGM Working with Male Victims Collaboration Policy Black and minoritised women’s organisations and Domestic Abuse Act Demonstrating Impact Funding Partnerships and collaboration or measuring outcomes Project Management Well-Being For a complete list of activities please see our table at the bottom of this page. To keep up to date with upcoming Ascent activities, please sign up to WRC's newsletter and/or keep an eye on our Events and Training Calendar. Ascent Resources Best Practice Briefings 2021/2022 Domestic Abuse in Criminal Proceedings | Rights of Women | 2022 Uncivil partnerships - a renewal? | Imkaan | 2022 Working with child survivors of domestic abuse |AVA | 2022 Anti-Racism Strategy for Organisations | Women and Girls Network | 2022 2020/2021 Allyship | Imkaan | 2021 Race, Trauma, and Violence Against Women and Girls | AVA | 2021 Dying To Live: Suicidality Awareness | Women and Girls Network | 2021 Options when an abuser is not prosecuted | Rights of Women | 2021 Guidelines for working with perpetrators of domestic abuse | Respect | 2021 2019/2020 Self-Care and Professional Resilience | Women and Girls Network | 2020 Sexual harassment in the workplace and employment law | Rights of Women | 2020 Children and Young People’s Experiences of Gender Based Violence | AVA | 2020 Joint briefing on Domestic Abuse Protection Orders | Respect and Rights of Women | 2019 2018/2019 Child Sexual Exploitation A Trauma Focused Approach | Women and Girls Network | 2019 Communicating about violence against women and girls (VAWG) | Imkaan | 2019 Technology and Violence Against Women – Helping or Harming? | Ava | 2019 Acting as a McKenzie Friend in the Family Court | Rights of Women | 2018 2017/2018 Transforming the response to Domestic Abuse |AVA | 2018 Developing A Trauma Informed Approach | Women and Girls Network | 2018 Young women, navigating spaces | Imkaan | 2018 Family law legal aid and the domestic violence gateway | Rights of Women | 2018 Sector Conversations The Ascent project has created a series of conversations with the sector. These short videos covers a wide range relevant for the VAWG sector in London. You can find all videos here. Case studies The Ascent project regularly publishes case studies of organisations and staff members who have attended Ascent activities. Read our case studies below. A Mile in Her Shoes | Sustainability training: Train the trainer, Special Event: Spotlight on Supporting Homeless Women with Multiple Needs "Working with organisations in the women’s sector through the Ascent project enables homelessness organisations to get better insights into working with women and to improve their practice" Read the case study here. Glitch | Sustainability training: Finance for project managers, Sustainability training: Wellbeing "What stood out for me during the training was the fact that they were tailored for the women’s sector. The trainers were very good, and it was also a good networking opportunity" Read the case study here. London Borough of Redbridge | Expert-led training: Individual working with perpetrators "I really really enjoyed the course. There was space for everyone to speak and contribute, and the trainers made me feel really comfortable to speak and everyone shared stories and practice" Read the case study here. London Borough of Redbridge | Expert-led training: Individual working with perpetrators "I have been able to pass on this training to my team and increase their knowledge and skills, which has made a big difference as I’ve been able to increase their confidence. This has had a big capacity-building impact on the organisation" Read the case study here. Nia | Accredited training: Sexual Violence "The group doing the training and the trainer herself created such an empowering and non-judgemental environment and helped me to realise how I could do the same for my clients. The training has certainly meant that I am now a much better and more confident advocate" Read the case study here. Ascent Activity Table Frequency Activity Partner organisation Yearly Accredited Training: Evaluation and Peer Research (Experts by Experience) AVA Yearly Accredited Training: Evaluation and Peer Research Training (voluntary and community orgs) AVA Twice yearly Accredited Training: Domestic Abuse Act and Housing AVA Yearly Accredited training: Dying to Live: Understanding and Working with suicidality (2 day training) WGN Twice yearly Accredited Training: Multiple Disadvantage AVA Twice yearly Accredited Training: Sexual Violence (2 Day Training) WGN and ROW Twice yearly Accredited Training: Working Digitally AVA Yearly Accredited Training: Working with Black and minoritised women affected by violence Imkaan 4 Per Year Bespoke Training Sessions for Statutory Organisations to improve referral pathways AVA Yearly Best Practice Briefing: Domestic Abuse Act ROW Yearly Best Practice Briefing: Domestic Abuse Act and Housing or Working Digitally or Multiple disadvantage AVA Yearly Expert Led Training: Best Practice of anti-racism Imkaan Yearly Expert Led Training: Best practice working with Black and minoritised women affected by domestic violence Imkaan Quarterly Expert Led Training: Domestic Abuse Act Training Series ROW Twice yearly Expert Led Training: Hidden Scars Understanding and working with Harmful Practices WGN Yearly Expert Led Training: Immigration and VAWG training ROW Yearly Expert Led Training: Professional Resilience and Self Care WGN Yearly Expert Led Training: Understanding Perpetrators Respect Yearly Expert Led Training: Working with Forced Marriage and FGM ROW and Imkaan Year 1 Only Expert Led Training: Working with Male Victims Respect Yearly Needs Analysis Survey ALL (led by WRC) 9 Per Year One to one Support Sessions WRC and Imkaan Yearly Special Event: Collaboration WRC Yearly Special Event: Policy WRC Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Black and minoritised women’s organisations and Domestic Abuse Act Imkaan Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Demonstrating Impact WRC Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Domestic Abuse Act (with borough officers) ROW Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Domestic Abuse Act (voluntary and community orgs) ROW Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Domestic Abuse Act and perpetrator work: Need for multi-agency working when identifying risk/need/harm Respect Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Domestic Abuse Act and working with male victims: Need for multi-agency working when identifying risk/need/harm Respect Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Funding WRC Yearly Specialist Briefing Session: Funding opportunities and application procedures for Black and minoritised organisation Imkaan Yearly Sustainability Training: Funding WRC Yearly Sustainability Training: Partnerships and collaboration or measuring outcomes WRC Yearly Sustainability Training: Project Management WRC Yearly Sustainability Training: Well-Being WRC Yearly Webinar: Key Emerging Issues in the sector: Domestic Abuse Act and Housing or Working Digitally or Multiple disadvantage AVA Yearly Webinar: What does the Domestic Abuse Act mean for frontline practitioners in relation to perpetrator work Respect Years 2 - 4 Only Webinar: Working with perpetrators best practice: safety of survivors and multi-agency working Respect Contact To find out more about the Ascent Support Services to Organisations Strand, please contact the project manager Nour on [email protected]