# £720,000 grants for combating violence against women and children - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/25/720000-grants-combating-violence-against-women-and-children/ - Published: 2008-09-25T14:47:42+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake London Councils is to give £720,000 over four years to two projects tackling violence against women and children. The Women’s Resource Centre has been awarded a grant of £600,000 which will enable the centre to provide important advice, training and support to organisations that help women and children who have been victims of abuse. A further grant of £120,000 has been awarded to Imkaan to support its work with Black, Asian and minority ethnic voluntary and community organisations. These include refuges for women and children who are fleeing domestic violence. ## Advertisement www.londoncouncils.gov.uk * **[£8 million London apartments competition to raise funds for GOSH](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/10/30/8m-london-apartments-competition-raise-funds-gosh/)**( 30 October 2008) * **[Lords Taverners Present minibus to Hilton Foundation for fundraising success](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/12/lords-taverners-present-minibus-hilton-foundation-fundraising-success/)**( 12 December 2008) * **[appiChar offers some Christmas fun](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/15/appichar-offers-some-christmas-fun/)**( 15 December 2008) ## Comments ### By: admin - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/25/720000-grants-combating-violence-against-women-and-children/#comment-3280 - Published: 2008-09-25T15:14:48+01:00 London Councils’ Grants Committee has a new chairman, elected today at its annual general meeting. Councillor Lynne Hillan is a leading member of Barnet Council, where she holds the post of Cabinet Member for Community Services. London Councils’ Grants Committee oversees London Councils’ £28 million grants scheme, which commissions services from more than 300 groups working across the capital to improve the lives of Londoners as well as those visiting or working in the city.