Calls for funding into domestic abuse prevention

A campaigner for women and girls' rights in Jersey has called for more funding to try to prevent domestic abuse.

Kate Wright, CEO of Jersey Women's Refuge FREEDA, said the number of cases in the island was rising.

Earlier this year – politicians voted to approve a series of laws that will offer more protection for women and girls from violence and domestic abuse.

Wright has called for investment into projects designed to stop cases reaching the point of abuse - the Department of Justice and Home Affairs has been asked to comment.

Wright called for the next government following Jersey's general election to take a collaborative approach to funding support services.

She said: "We're not hearing a great deal of solutions that really focus on prevention... it requires continued and significant investment and continued working with charities and other agencies."

She added: "If we want to bring down the very high number, an increasing number of domestic abuse cases, we have to invest in prevention.

"It's about really understanding where your investment in public sector funding is going to have the longest and biggest impact."

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