If you are a Black or Racialised staff member working in the Violence Against Women Sector (VAWG) this 12-Week Leadership Programme is for YOU!
H.O.P.E Training and Consultancy is working to address systemic barriers to colleagues from racialised communities entering the sector, and remaining as part of the workforce and progressing to leadership opportunities.
The H.O.P.E VAWG Leadership Programme focuses on four key objectives:
Increase diversity in leadership
Improve retention
Develop skills
Provide networking opportunities
Recognising a lack of diversity in the workforce and inadequate opportunities for professionals from racialised communities is a prominent issue across the not-for-profit sector.
Launched in 2021 the Drive Partnership commissioned H.O.P.E Training and Consultancy in 2022 to research the views and experiences of nearly 50 frontline staff from racialised communities and over 40 sector leaders working within specialist domestic abuse perpetrator services and organisations.
In 2022 H.O.P.E delivered their first ever Leadership programme (clip of graduates below). Results from this can be found on our supported Research Page.
The second round of the H.O.P.E Leadership Programme ran from from Friday 17th November 2023 – Friday 16th February 2024. (All graduates attended a show case ceremony in London on 12th February 2025. Clip/Pics coming soon! Those from By & For Organisations have been funded by City Bridge.
Fifteen prominent organisations secured spaces (mixture of paid and funded spaces) in the programme’s third cohort, including Women in Prison, Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid, Latin American Women’s Aid (LAWA), Iranian & Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO), Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA), Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA), Victim Support, SafeLives, Respect, Rape Crisis England and Wales Sikh Women’s Aid, Naz & Matt Foundation and the Asian Women’s Resource Centre, among others.
Apply for cohort 4 H.O.P.E Leadership Programme!
Cohort 4 Leadership programme will start on Wednesday 5th November 2025 and finish on Wednesday 4th February 2026. Applications will close on Tuesday 30th September 2025. To apply for a space please complete this link.
Please ensure if you are applying for a By & For Space (Bursary/FREE) space you click this on form and we will come back to you once we confirm you match the criteria.
If your organisation is paying please tick invoice and we will speak directly with your organisation. If you have any questions about the programme please contact Meena Kumari on admin@hopetraining.co.uk or 07872907480.
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