AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) Project

Who we are

AVA is an expert, groundbreaking and independent charity working across the UK.

Our vision

A world without gender based violence and abuse.

Our mission

To inspire innovation and collaboration and encourage and enable direct service providers to help end gender based violence and abuse particularly against women and girls.

Our guiding principles

• Survivors are at the heart of everything we do.
• As a feminist organisation, we understand that ending violence and abuse means challenging societal attitudes in order to change the behaviour of individual perpetrators.
• AVA is a fiercely independent organisation. We are informed by the lived experience of survivors, robust evidence and a passion for equality.
• We can make more of a difference in partnership than alone. We all have a responsibility to work together to end gender based violence, particularly against women and girls.

AVA are market leaders in training on gender based violence and abuse, with particular expertise in children & young people and multiple disadvantage.