Changing Lives ASE partnership secures £2.3 million funding from National Lottery Community Fund to expand support for victims of adult sexual exploitation

We are proud to be part of the ASE partnership, formerly known as STAGE. Today we are pleased to announce that the partnership has been successfully funded for the next 3 years by The National Lottery Community Fund, the UK’s largest community funder.

The funding will be used to expand the Adult Sexual Exploitation Partnership, which provides trauma-informed support to people who have been manipulated for sexual exploitation so they can make positive changes in their lives.

The ASE partnership brings together Changing Lives, A WAY OUT Charity, The Angelou Centre, Basis Yorkshire, Together Women, GROW, WomenCentre and Ashiana. Together they combine policy and practice to provide trauma-informed support and create systems change for women at risk of sexual exploitation and/or women and girls aged 16 and over who have been groomed for sexual exploitation.

Since the partnership was formed in 2019, we have collectively supported over 800 women. We can now continue this work by combining policy and practice to provide trauma-informed support and create systems change for women. #NationalLottery