TEST: Compensation

To do here:

  • Add description from the existing Compensation page. 
  • Add this age's link to the Campaigns page
  • Go through & identify any post that needs to be removed: to remove a post - uncheck compensation category

30 May 2018

SOSA demand proportionate payment for those abused at Shirley Oaks home BY TOBY PORTER, toby@slpmedia.co.uk 25th May 2018 South London Press and Mercury Historic child abuse victims are contemplating employing a top human rights lawyer after it emerged some of them will get the same compensation as people who were in care homes the same …

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Open Letter for compensation to Secretary of Justice

15 March 2018

Open Letter for compensation to Secretary of Justice Rt Hon. David Gauke Secretary of State for Justice  6 June 2018 Dear David Gauke We collectively represent the experience and demands of thousands of survivors of rape, domestic violence and sex crimes suffered as children or adults. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is discriminating against victims …

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Same roof rule petition

8 January 2018

Sign this important petition against the ‘Same Roof rule’ – which prevents victims getting compensation if they lived in the same house as their attacker before 1 October 1979

Model letter to MPs re compensation – please use

30 November 2017

Please adjust accordingly and send this letter to your local MP (find your MP’s name and contact details here) [your address or email] Dear [insert full name of MP] As your constituent I urge you to take action to update the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme for victims of crime, in particular for victims of rape …

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Campaign update – survivor Alissa Moore in Parliament

30 November 2017

Campaign update – survivor Alissa Moore in Parliament Alissa Moore, a rape survivor we are working with in our campaign for compensation got her MP Iain Stewart to raise the issues in Parliament on 23 Nov. WAR was quoted and thanked for our work. Alissa was raped from aged 7-15 by her father, yet she …

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Christina McHugh, 27, raped when she was just 11, was denied compensation because of a conviction

30 November 2017

Christina McHugh, 27, raped when she was just 11, was denied compensation because of a conviction HUNDREDS of rape victims are being denied compensation after committing ‘minor’ criminal offences, The Herald can reveal. It is estimated that at least 500 women have seen their claims rejected by the UK Government‘s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) since …

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Hundreds of sex assault victims refused compensation due to criminal convictions

30 November 2017

Hundreds of sex assault victims refused compensation due to criminal convictions Hundreds of alleged sexual assault victims have been refused compensation because they have a criminal record, The Independent can reveal. The Government’s compensation body, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), has been routinely rejecting survivors’ claims when it emerges they have a conviction of any severity. Offences can range …

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Letter to Justice Secretary – Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme

30 November 2017

From: WOMEN AGAINST RAPE David Lidington david.lidington.mp@parliament.uk Justice Secretary – Ministry of Justice 28 July 2017 Dear David Lidington Re Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and Authority (CICA) We echo demands in the letters to you from MP Sarah Champion, shadow minister for women and equalities, and from a coalition of charities[1] that the Criminal Injuries …

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Being a survivor of rape, attacked asleep in bed

14 June 2017

Press: High court rules in favour of rape victim who retracted accusation under duress

1 August 2016

Woman known as Sarah has compensation increased after she made allegation against husband before changing her mind, under pressure from him. Lisa Longstaff from Women Against Rape (War), which made written submissions to the judge, said: “Sarah finally got some justice! CICA rules are applied in a sexist and uncompassionate way, and War is one …

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