Trevi welcomes new NWJC impact report celebrating four years of collective influence 

Trevi is proud to be one of the 26 member organisations in the National Women’s Justice Coalition, which has published its first impact report, Stronger Together: Four Years of the National Women’s Justice Coalition. The report sets out what the coalition has achieved since 2021 and makes a strong case for women’s specialist services as essential to justice, recovery and long-term change.   

Formed in 2021, the NWJC has grown from five founding organisations into a national coalition of 26 partners, including 10 specialist, by/for led women’s organisations. Over four years, it has become a recognised voice on policy and practice for women affected by the criminal justice system.   

The report highlights a series of major achievements. These include:  

• Launching the UK’s first Women’s Services Map 

• Contributing to national justice policy developments 

• Strengthening the evidence base for women’s centres and specialist services, and Establishing the National Voice & Advisory Panel so women with lived experience can shape national policy and service design.  

Across the coalition’s first four years, the NWJC has published 25 briefings, reports, peer-reviewed articles and blogs, contributed to four national justice policy developments, compiled seven joint submissions to national calls for evidence, and written 12 direct or joint letters to Ministers and senior officials. It has also helped build a national directory featuring 111 women’s centres and 420 specialist women’s services.  

This is important because women’s specialist organisations bring expertise that generic systems too often overlook. Women in contact with the criminal justice system are frequently navigating trauma, abuse, poverty, poor mental health and unsafe housing. They need services that understand those realities and respond properly. The NWJC report shows what is possible when women’s organisations work together to push for change, share evidence and speak with one clear voice.  

Influencing National Policy

The coalition’s influence can be seen in national policy. The report states that NWJC advocacy contributed to the establishment of the Women’s Justice Board in 2024, informed the Independent Sentencing Review in 2025, and helped secure the removal of Clause 35 from the Sentencing Bill in 2026.   

It also makes the case for sustained investment. The coalition has published evidence on the funding cliff edge facing specialist women’s organisations and has helped strengthen the argument for long-term, sustainable funding.   

The next phase of the NWJC’s work will focus on growing representation, deepening its evidence base, embedding lived experience leadership, strengthening anti-racist practice and pushing for long-term investment in women’s centres and specialist women’s services.   

As one of the coalition’s members, Trevi welcomes this report and the clarity it brings. 

Specialist women’s services work. They keep women safer, create alternatives to custody, and support recovery in ways that are trauma-informed, gender-specific and rooted in women’s real lives.  

You can read more about the report from the National Women’s Justice Coalition by clicking the link below: