Muslim Women's Network UK set up a pilot culturally sensitive service for 5 months (Dec 2015 to April 2016). This was funded by the West Midlands Police Crime Commisioner. This service has been evaluated independently. Some key findings included:
49 clients were referred to the service and 37 clients attended counselling sessions (36 women and 1 man)
269 free hours of counselling were provided but 29 sessions of these could not be delivered due to non attendance
Of the counselling sessions delivered, this amounted to 6.4 sessions per client
91% of the clients felt that a faith and culturally service was important to them
86% of the clients were of Muslim backgrounds
69% of clients had not had counselling previously
62% of clients were of Pakistani background
76% of clients were unemployed or on benefits
Most referrals were from the MWN Helpline (45%) and third sector organisations (45%)
Majority of the sessions (78%) were delivered in English but 11% were in Urdu and 11% in Punjabi / Mirpuri
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