2023 Shortlisted Nominee
Community Organisation Award: Gender
Listen Uplift Vent (LUV) CIC was created to provide women and young girls with a platform to develop, grow and be the best that they can possibly be. They provide fundamental support to female victims of crime and in particular those that have been affected by domestic violence, supporting 300 victims of serious crime through their projects. LUV deliver preventative programs in schools for young girls around healthy relationships and provide Diversity and Inclusion training throughout the education sector. Currently, LUV are research partners with the National Probation Service looking at reviewing the victim contact process. They offer program support to over 100 victims of domestic violence through various contracts and deliver their flagship Abuse is not LUV programme across a range of key stakeholders and partners throughout the West Midlands.