KEY STATS FROM OUR 2023 IMPACT REPORT

105

women were supported this year

37

mums supported - with 64 children indirect beneficiaries of our work

142

training programme     days delivered

27

certificates awarded in Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering Level 2

 

89%

of women were in EEVT* after completing their           two year programme

 

4095

hours of one-to-one support delivered

 

Mahia’s Story

Mahia is a survivor of domestic abuse.  

"When I came to Luminary I got lots of support. I liked learning to bake with my friends. The teacher was so helpful. I liked it at the end of each day when we did a photoshoot and held up what we baked. I was proud because I had never baked before.

I was living in a refuge with eight other girls at the time and they knew my baking day at Luminary and would be waiting for me to get home with cake! I was the most popular girl in the refuge.

I’m now at college doing ESOL Level 2 and I’d like to go to university in the future. Luminary helped me to get my job. I’m a Kitchen Assistant and I make 250 cookies each shift.

Two years ago my life was very hard. I felt like I couldn’t do anything by myself. But slowly I have become an independent woman, and I’m proud of that. I will never forget where I was before and where I am now.”


THE NEED FOR OUR WORK

1 in 4

women in England and Wales will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime.

x2

Women who experience domestic abuse are twice as likely to experience depression

1 in 50

people in London were estimated by London Councils to be homeless in August 2023

65%

Approximately 166,000 homeless Londoners live in temporary accommodation, of whom 65% are women

4%

Fewer than 4% of women who have been in prison are in employment 6 weeks after their release. This compares to 11% for men

54% rise

cases of homelessness in London rose by 54% between 2013 and 2023.


DEMOGRAPHICS

of the women we supported in 2023:

16 %

were care leavers

24%

had been involved in the criminal justice system

63%

had experienced homelessness

97%

had experienced gender based violence