The Coaction Hub is a 3-year partnership between Asian Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (STADA) funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. It works to strengthen the Co-ordinated Community Response (CCR) to improve responses to Black and Minoritized/global majority survivors of domestic abuse and harmful practices. The project is a carried out within a partnership structure, where agencies collaborate on all aspects of the work

The success of the project is rooted in the underlying ethos that the partnership is one of equity, despite the inherent power differentials  between a second tier domestic abuse agency and a specialist by and for agency. This is achieved through equitable funding, collaborative decision making and a shared vision. We are supported in this work by independent learning partners and evaluators.

Our projects include:

• Research on the effectiveness of MARAC for harmful practices cases accompanied by a good practice toolkit.

• Targeted training for MARAC Co-ordinators in England and Wales on MARAC and harmful practices.

• Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Mentoring for women working at specialist by and for agencies to be supported to be DHR chairs

• Workshops for by and for agencies who are, or are interested in becoming, DHR expert panel members

• A review of the effectiveness of current risk assessment tools for Black and minoritized survivors of domestic abuse and harmful practices

• An exploration of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) intervention models internationally to assess what learnings can be integrated

• A Knowledge Hub which collates co-created learnings from the project and links to useful resources

As part of this project the Coaction Hub co-ordinate a pan-London Harmful Practices Strategic Partnership (HPSP), a by and for led space for agencies to work strategically and collaboratively around creating change in response to harmful practices. More information on HPSP can be found by clicking here.