Refuge and safe accommodation services - Find a freedom of information request

Q1. Refuge/safe accommodation services. Please include information about all of the refuge and/or safe accommodation services for survivors of domestic abuse that your local authority funds in your area in 2025/2026, including any refuge/safe accommodation services that are delivered in-house.



a. Which organisation/s do you currently fund to deliver refuge and/or safe accommodation services in your area?



b. When did the current contract for this commissioned service start? (Month/Year)



c. When does the current contract for this commissioned service end? (Month/Year)



d. How is the funding for this service delivered? Please mark as many options as relevant with an 'X'.

-Commissioned funding

-Grant funding

-Service delivered in-house

-Other (please specify) / Comments





e. If known, how many bedspaces for adults does your local authority fund this organisation to provide?



Q2: Non-refuge/community-based services:

* Please include information about any non-refuge/community-based services for survivors of domestic abuse and any perpetrator work that your local authority funds in your area in 2025/2026, including any services delivered in-house.

* Please include details of any non-refuge/community-based services you fund which are provided by organisations already listed in Q1.

* Please refer to the definitions in the introduction and tell us about the full range of services that organisations are funded to provide.



a. Which organisation/s do you currently fund to deliver non-refuge/community-based services for survivors of domestic abuse and/or perpetrator work in your area?



b. Which types of services do you fund this organisation to deliver?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

Q1.

a. EDAN Lincs

b. 1/07/2020

c. 30/06/25

d. -Commissioned funding X
-Grant funding X
-Service delivered in-house
-Other (please specify) / Comments


e. Lincolnshire County Council externally commissions 28 multi-occupancy refuge units, 8 dispersed properties and 6 second-stage properties. This contract ends on 30th June 2025. No refuge/safe accommodation services are delivered in-house.
From 1st July 2025 a new externally commissioned Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation contract will commence. This will fund 28 multi-occupancy refuge units, 7 dispersed properties, 6 second-stage properties and 6 specialist/emergency accommodation units.


Q2

a. EDAN Lincs

b. The Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Support Service includes:
A digitally based Universal Offer to all Service Users of domestic abuse in Lincolnshire.
A Support Hub, including helpline, effective triage, and strength-based assessment.
Adult Support Interventions including complex needs pathway
Children and Young People's Support Interventions
IDVA Support for Service Users at highest risk of serious harm
Recovery Support
An Outreach and Engagement Team