Agree with @nicolejacobsst on the need for emergency funding for charities to take account of existing inequalities in sector funding and protect BME “by and for” services

Also agree with @nicolejacobsST that we need to alleviate barriers that migrant women have in accessing support by getting rid of no recourse to public funds

@VeraBaird calling for strategic approach to tackling and prevention - need her and @nicolejacobsST feeding in at top levels

@VeraBaird shining critical light on specialist BME services+serious concerns that funds announced by
@RishiSunak @patel4witham will NOT reach them given funding to be distributed through PCCs which often don't fund or even know of those orgs...

...yet these are orgs that serve BME women who don't feel able to disclose anywhere BUT those services... we expect #YouAreNotAlone to apply to EVERYONE

@VeraBaird right to remind the commitee that it's not enough to focus only on helplines...need to recognise the frontline services around them

Legal Aid should be awarded without means testing in this COVID19 context for those fleeing violence and abuse