REACH Services shortlisted for NICE Awards
Since 2013, BCBN has supported the REACH Services at Guys & St Thomas Hospital, NHS Trust raising £55,559 for a multi-lingual domestic abuse advisor. The REACH service provides life-changing work in providing assistance to disadvantaged people in vulnerable relationships and social support to families in crisis, helping to rebuild their lives.
Since BCBN’s funding began, the REACH service has been able to support 180 victims of domestic abuse, who between them had 160 children. This equates to 340 people who REACH’s domestic abuse advisor has helped to keep safe and reduce the risk of further violence. The REACH service continues to have one of the lowest rates of repeat victimisation and being able to discuss safety plans and address patients’ own personal and particular circumstances in the language they prefer to use; enabling them to improve their situation and keep them safe.
“The entire Emergency Department were delighted that BCBN agreed to provide future funding as our clinical staff understood how beneficial such a post has proven to be to our vulnerable, at risk patients. The legacy of our award is that each patient who is referred to the REACH service is given the same, equal level of service regardless of their ethnicity or religion”. – Laura, REACH Manager
