Tees Valley Inclusion Project is a specialist by and for provider, dedicated to addressing honour-based abuse, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation (FGM) affecting Black, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BMER) women and girls across the UK. During the financial year, the organisation continued its vital work as the UK's leading specialist charity in this field, combining direct support services, policy advocacy, and systemic change initiatives. Tees Valley Inclusion project is the only by and for registered by and for victim service delivering an end-to-end specialist victim service, face to face support for cultural harms ( domestic and sexual violence ) to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women and girls across all communities in Tees Valley, Durham and North York-shire. Our victim support encompasses high risk crimes of honour-based abuse, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, our women and girls are the most vulnerable in the area most facing extreme gendered poverty , English as a second language and ostracisation by families and their communities, they are isolated and have endured abuse often for years prior to reaching out at crisis for help. We turn no woman away and often we are the only service that understands, believes and advocates on her behalf. Our vision is to eliminate forced marriage, honour-based abuse and female genital mutilation within society. To change attitudes and beliefs for future generations to break the cycle of abuse and to empower victims and survivors to make their own choices Working towards this vision our survivor journey, which is overarched by specialist safeguarding, is cited as national best practice by the Domestic Violence Commissioner. Sup-port encompasses a formal action plan with practical, emotional and cultural support from crisis through to in-dependent living. We work across communities to challenge mindsets and reach hidden victims, we deliver awareness raising in education, health , public and private sector organisations and with other community VCS services.

Partnership working strengthened significantly through collaboration with statutory agencies, other voluntary sector organisations, and international partners. Joint working with police forces resulted in a 35% increase in honour-based abuse case identification, while partnerships with health services enhanced safeguarding proto-cols. Our Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference participation increased by 60%, indicating improved in-tegration within statutory safeguarding frameworks. Our commitment to survivor-led approaches ensures that lived experience informs all aspects of our work, from service design to policy advocacy. Survivor consultation data shows 96% satisfaction rates with our ser-vices, with praise for specialist victim support and understanding of community dynamics. This approach en-hances the effectiveness of our interventions while ensuring that survivors' voices remain central to efforts to address harms affecting their communities.

Yasmin Khan received a total of £30,000 in remuneration

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