Support VAMHN
Violence and abuse have profound and lasting impacts on mental health. Survivors often encounter systems that are fragmented, under-resourced, or ill-equipped to respond to the complexity of their experiences. Improving these systems requires better evidence, stronger collaboration, and meaningful survivor leadership.
VAMHN works at the intersection of research, practice and lived experience to strengthen responses to violence, abuse and mental health. By connecting researchers, practitioners, policymakers and survivor leaders, we develop knowledge and partnerships that can improve services and systems.
Your support allows us to expand this work - supporting survivor leadership, strengthening evaluation across services, and building the evidence needed to improve mental health responses for survivors. Thank you for considering supporting our work.
VAMHN works at the intersection of research, practice and lived experience to strengthen responses to violence, abuse and mental health. By connecting researchers, practitioners, policymakers and survivor leaders, we develop knowledge and partnerships that can improve services and systems.
Your support allows us to expand this work - supporting survivor leadership, strengthening evaluation across services, and building the evidence needed to improve mental health responses for survivors. Thank you for considering supporting our work.
Why your support matters
Much of VAMHN’s work is supported through competitive research funding. However, some of the most important activities that enable long-term change - including survivor leadership, cross-sector collaboration and evaluation infrastructure - are difficult to fund through traditional research grants. Investment from philanthropic foundations, trusts, corporate partners and individual donors helps us build the foundations that allow research, policy and practice to work together more effectively.
Current funding priorities
Strengthening survivor leadership
Supporting the VAMHN Lived Experience Action Group to ensure survivors shape research, policy and service development across the violence, abuse and mental health sector.
Building the next generation of researchers
Supporting doctoral and early-career researchers developing survivor-centred research on violence, abuse and mental health.
Strengthening evaluation across services
Developing initiatives such as VAMHN Evident to build evaluation capacity across specialist services and improve the evidence base for interventions.
Expanding cross-sector collaboration
Supporting VAMHN’s role in connecting researchers, services, policymakers and survivor leaders to drive systems change.
Partnership opportunities
We welcome conversations with philanthropic foundations, trusts, corporate partners and individual donors who share our commitment to helping people live well after violence and abuse.
Support can help enable survivor-informed research, strengthen evaluation across services, and expand the collaborative work needed to improve systems of care.
To discuss supporting VAMHN, click the button below, or email Maggy Liu, Senior Philanthropy Manager at [email protected]
Support can help enable survivor-informed research, strengthen evaluation across services, and expand the collaborative work needed to improve systems of care.
To discuss supporting VAMHN, click the button below, or email Maggy Liu, Senior Philanthropy Manager at [email protected]