Becky Rogerson MBE

Oct 31, 2023 | thinknpc.org | Rebecca Gill |Becky Rogerson MBE |Mike Adamson |Sunder Katwala

Women’s and girl’s organisations are facing a funding crisis. I lead Rosa, the only UK-wide expert funder of organisations led by and for women and girls. Our new research found that the women and girls sector received just 1.8% of the £4.1 billion worth of grants awarded to charities in 2021. And of that, a third went to organisations with no specific focus on women and girls and just 3.9% went to the small and micro-organisations at the heart of the sector.

Mar 29, 2023 | thinknpc.org | Theo Clay |Becky Rogerson MBE |Leah Davis

Broken, crumbling, not fit for purpose. For those working on criminal justice, superlatives about the system come thick, fast, and frankly, tediously. Even before the twin shocks of the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, charities have had to weather years of policy turbulence and underfunding that stem from criminal justice being used as a political football. We have now had nine Justice Secretaries in ten years, each with their own agenda and priorities.

Mar 8, 2023 | thinknpc.org | Theo Clay |Leah Davis |Becky Rogerson MBE

In this guest blog Becky Rogerson MBE, Director of Wearside Women in Need, explores the challenges faced by Women’s services and what the future could look like. Opinions are the author’s own. We live in confusing times that can distract from the important task of tackling the endemic crime of violence against women. New legislation abounds, with additional laws and revised definitions trying to bolster a struggling criminal justice system and associated safeguarding procedures.