Economic abuse is still not widely understood, especially by marginalised women who are most affected. We will raise awareness of economic abuse and how to access support. We will also identify the attitudes and behaviours that underpin perpetrators’ abuse and how we can work with partners to change this. 

By 2028, we will have achieved:  

• 15 million UK women reporting that they know a little or a lot about economic abuse. 

Local services – like councils, domestic abuse organisations, banks and debt advisors – play a vital role in supporting victim-survivors to establish their economic freedom and safety. We will develop a model for economic abuse advocacy that can be adopted across the country to help build stronger, coordinated, local responses to economic abuse in every community. 

By 2028, we will have achieved:  

• Developed a local Economic Abuse Advocacy Model, backed by influential supporters, to help drive forward a national roll-out.  

• Multiple local authorities and one central government team piloting the EAEF for public sector debts.  

• 5,000 frontline professionals trained on economic abuse and demonstrating improved knowledge. 

Economic abuse traps survivors while abusers exploit gaps in systems. We will drive legal, regulatory, and policy reforms to protect survivors, including children, and stop abusers. 

By 2028, we will have achieved:  

Legislative or regulatory reform to protect 750,000 victim-survivors from joint mortgage economic abuse.  
Government action to ensure a consistent approach to coerced debt write-off in both the private and public sectors.  
Cohabitation law reform to better protect victim-survivors of economic abuse.  
A reformed Child Maintenance Service that better safeguards victim-survivors and ensures their children receive the support they are entitled to.  

Abusers weaponise financial products and services to cause economic harm, while victim-survivors do not know what support is available. We will work collaboratively with the industry to build consistent, survivor-centred responses to economic abuse. 

By 2028, we will have achieved:  

• New/adapted products or services that provide consistently good support to survivors and disrupt perpetrators, with at least one firm changing multiple systems and policies at scale.  

• Credit reference agencies working collaboratively with Surviving Economic Abuse and with creditors to restore victim-survivors’ credit files and scores. 

Our work is shaped by economic abuse victim-survivors.  

In 2025-2028, we will:  

• Grow and diversify our victim-survivor engagement, with a particular focus on engaging Black and marginalised women, disabled women, women with children, younger women, and women from different life stages in our work.  

• Empower victim-survivors to play a more active role within Surviving Economic Abuse at a level that suits their needs. 

If we are to achieve our mission to save lives and stop economic abuse forever, we need to be a sustainable and resilient organisation.  

In 2025-2028, we will:  

• Grow and support our passionate and expert staff team, boosting capacity and supporting team members’ wellbeing and development, creating an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.  

• Deliver our new EDI strategy, including ensuring our board and staff team better reflect the communities we serve.  

• Strengthen our systems and processes to better meet the needs of our growing charity, with a focus on data protection, cybersecurity, and AI usage.  

• Diversify our income streams to help fund our ambitious new strategy and deliver sustainable and resilient organisational growth.

We know that we can only achieve our goals if we work alongside others – with our colleagues, our partners, and, most importantly, with the victim-survivors who are at the heart of everything we do. 

In 2025-2028, we will:  

• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships to grow our reach and impact.  

• Work collaboratively and supportively with by-and-for organisations to ensure we reach marginalised victim-survivors.