The Guardian published an article on 15th September entitled, ‘MPs call for end to abusive men using courts against families,’ by Sandra Laville. The suggestion within the article that MPs are calling on the government to carry out a review of family courts to stop them being used as a

Classic Gems: a new Cohort 4 project that warms our hearts Following on from the success of Sparkles, North Warwickshire Gems and Little Gems, Cohort 4, last week launched a new venture called Classic Gems. Classic Gems is a project that delivers jewellery and craft workshops to older people with

VINDICATE, a new project from Cohort 4 In 2014 a group of our women got together to discuss a need and a project specifically for women affected by the criminal justice system in North Warwickshire. This group were fed up with being ‘done to’ and wanted something of their own,

  Comments from our HOPE project women (18-25 year olds) within the evaluation carried out by independent researcher Lara McHale. Cohort 4 work with women surviving abuse, women affected by the criminal justice system and women with often complex and multiple needs. HOPE was a 12 month project designed to

Lauren Morris was the successful University of Birmingham Enterprise Internship candidate for Cohort 4 for 2015/16. Lauren has been working to complete a pice of research evaluation looking at the success of the Cohort 4 Women project funded by the Coalfields Regeneration Foundation. 3 women state that this fund enabled