On 13 April 2026, survivors across the UK will march in cities nationwide to mark 10 years since 1VAA first stood at Parliament demanding protection for victims and children. This is not a march for awareness or sympathy — it is a march for accountability, safety, and justice. A decade after Westminster, the system is still failing. Now, survivors are rising again.

March for Justice 2026 — A Decade After Westminster, Survivors Rise Again

On 13 April 2016, a small group of survivors stood outside Parliament and asked a question that echoed across the nation:

“Why is nobody protecting us?”

They came with evidence.
They came with warnings.
They came with lived experience that proved the system was failing.

They were ignored.

Ten years later, their words have been vindicated by tragedy, loss, public inquiries, murder reviews, and the countless families torn apart by failures in policing, social services and family courts.

What survivors predicted has now become undeniable:

Children handed to abusers
Victims criminalised instead of protected
Police closing cases they should investigate
Unsafe contact orders placing children at risk
Perpetrators weaponising the courts
Failures in every region, every agency, every year

Nothing has changed. In fact, despite new laws and improved practice direction, the failings, harm and murders are increasing, leaving child and adult victims in direct harms way.

This is why 10 years after Westminster, we march again.

Why We March — The System Is Still Failing

The UK’s safeguarding system remains in crisis.

Domestic abuse statistics in 2024–25 show:

3.9 million adults experienced domestic abuse in the last year (ONS)
12.6 million adults have experienced domestic abuse since age 16
1.4 million women and 700,000 men reported stalking
Police charge rates for domestic abuse remain around 6%
Family courts continue to order unsafe contact
Children’s disclosures are dismissed or minimised
Coercive control is still misunderstood
Social services remain inconsistently trained
Professional accountability is almost non-existent

The system is not simply failing, it is placing victims in danger.

This march is not symbolic.
It is necessary.

WE need action NOW. No More Lip Service.

No More ‘New Laws‘. Repeating the same practice and expecting a different result, well, thats the definition of insanity.

A March for Change — Not Awareness

Many marches raise awareness.
This one demands action.

The March for Justice 2026 calls for:

✔ Mandatory investigation of domestic abuse, coercive control & stalking

No more “no further action”.
No more deaths after ignored disclosures.
No more missed homicide indicators.

✔ Protection of children in family courts

No child should be forced into contact with an abuser.

✔ Accountability for professional failures

Officers, social workers, report authors, Cafcass practitioners and decision-makers must be held to the same standards as any safeguarding role.

✔ Proper enforcement of existing law

The legislation already exists, the failure is in application, training, and culture.

✔ A national oversight body (JLE)

Not optional.
Not advisory.
Regulatory.

This is what the survivors of 1VAA have been building for a decade:
real solutions, not symbolic statements.

From Westminster to Nationwide — The Movement Has Grown

In 2016, survivors stood together for the first time.
Few listened.
The press barely covered it.
Agencies dismissed it.

But behind the scenes, thousands of families were experiencing the same failures.
And one by one, they found each other.

1VAA grew because victims were contacting us saying:

“I feel crazy, but you’ve described exactly what happened to me.”
“Nobody believed me, until now.”
“I thought I was alone.”
“The system destroyed us.”
“Please tell me how to keep my child safe.”

The March for Justice 2026 is not just a protest.
It is the collective voice of a decade of survivors who refuse to be ignored again.