WAVENEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE FORUM

Registered charity 1149288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Domestic Violence & Abuse awareness raising & training for individuals & organisations. Advice, guidance & support for victims & their families. Support & training for Freedom Programme. We run a 1 to 1 Trauma Therapy service We produce & distribute leaflets & poster campaigns. Our website has information on programmes & services available in Waveney www.waveneydvforum.org.uk.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND SUFFERING AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THOSE WHO ARE, OR WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND TRAINING. DOMESTIC ABUSE CAN INCLUDE ANY INCIDENT OR PATTERN OF INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, THAT OCCUR BY WAY OF COERCIVE CONTROL, CONTROLLING OR THREATENING BEHAVIOUR BETWEEN INTIMATE PARTNERS OR FAMILY MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, SEXUALITY, ETHNICITY OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF.2.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, ORGANISATIONS, AND AGENCIES IN ALL ASPECTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, INCLUDING ITS IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND A WIDER SOCIETY, AND MEET WITH OTHER AGENCIES ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DISCUSS THE BEST WAYS TO ACHIEVE THE AIMS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,425.10 at the end of the financial year, with a surplus of £7,394.37 recorded for the period. The trustees expressed confidence that the charity would continue its work beyond the next twelve months, citing expected funding receivable and grants currently being applied for. However, the trustees identified that the charity's reliance on short-term grants presents a risk to its ability to continue if such funding becomes unavailable.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Waveney Domestic Violence and Abuse Forum (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christina Batterschair
• Andrea Carr
• Christine Tripp
• Dr Martin Von Fragstein
• Karen Michelle Calver
• Lucy Johnson
• Tamara Allen

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).