Upcoming changes at One25

It is with great sadness that One25 must reduce our services for marginalised women.  

Since 2021, we have faced our biggest fundraising challenge to date. We have taken steps to grow our income, but this has been extremely challenging in the current climate. Therefore, we have had to draw on our reserves and are sadly now in a position where we cannot continue all our current work.  

In the face of this, we have had to consider what is most critical for the women we support. We need to focus now on how to keep reaching the most marginalised women and support them to be safer.  

Malcolm Richardson, One25 Chair of Trustees says: “All of One25’s services are needed and make a huge difference for marginalised women. However, in the current context we must take vital action focusing on the most critical needs and our unique provision to do our best for the women that we exist for. We are committed to ensuring One25’s long-term sustainability and hope that, in the future, we will be able to build back up and evolve future support to meet women’s needs.”  

We are currently consulting with staff on a proposed restructure. This will continue our outreach van seven nights a week and our casework team will continue to support these women, reducing their isolation and connecting them to other services in the city. Regrettably we do not expect to be able to continue either our current drop-in service or our Peony service. One25’s Pause programmes will continue to run whilst funding is in place. 

We are working hard to navigate our next steps as soon as possible and we would appreciate your patience as we work through what is an extremely challenging time for all of us. 

One25’s CEO Jenny Riley says: “As we look to the future, we will continue to do the best that we can with the resources that we have, to listen to what the women tell us they need and respond as we are able. We are so very grateful for the dedicated staff, partners and supporters who have made so much possible over the years. We, and the women we support, need you as always. Thank you.”


Source: https://one25.org.uk/our-news/upcoming-changes-at-one25/