‘Our call to the new government – Standing Together’s response to the King’s Speech’
The highly anticipated King’s Speech set out our new Government’s mission-driven plans yesterday. We are heartened by the values of fairness, security, opportunity, and stability being seen, by our new Government, as key underpinning priorities alongside a clear commitment to “halve Violence Against and Women and Girls”. As a national charity committed to ending domestic […]
Health and VAWG letter of priorities for the new Health and Social Care Secretary
The new Government is formed and today we sent a letter to the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting MP signed by 16 organisations, setting out our urgent call to support domestic abuse and VAWG (violence against women and girls) victims/survivors and their children in health settings. We have […]
“A Year in The Life” of The Westminster violence against women and girls (VAWG) Housing
This report showcases the artwork created by women with lived experience of VAWG, and multiple disadvantages, and key stakeholders of the Westminster VAWG Housing First Project, as part of the fourth year evaluation.
Are MARACs Effective for Harmful Practices? Research Paper and Toolkit
This research explores the under examined but vital area of MARACs and their effectiveness for harmful practices cases, aiming to shed light on these cases, which are often ‘invisible’ in discourse around multi agency processes. Please, click here to access.
International Women’s Day!
Our CEO Cherryl Henry-Leach shares how we are standing together with individuals & organisations in our sector to tackle VAWG & fight for equity and rights for victims/survivors.
DHR Learning the Lessons: Webinar Series
Building on Standing Together’s launch of the MOPAC funded London Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Case Analysis and Review of Local Authorities DHR Process (the Executive Summary of which is available here), Standing Together is hosting a series of free webinars through 2021 to better ‘Learn the Lessons’ of DHRs. In each webinar, speaker(s) will present […]
Centring The Survivor Voices Highlight
This consultation represents a temperature check of the situation faced by some survivors today, 3 years since the end of the Pathfinder project. Pathfinder enabled the Whole Health approach to be developed and the Crossing Pathways project is an extension of that work. In this instance, the consultation will be used to inform and develop […]
Blooming Strong! 2023
Very often at this time of year women are portrayed as victims of crime. We want to turn that around to promote the strength that women show either by surviving in an abusive relationship, continuing to get through each day despite the abuse, or leaving a relationship and starting out again, often with no more […]
STADA’s Response to The Home Office DHR Consultation
The STADA DHR team has collaborated with our associate DHR chairs to respond to the Home Office Consultation Legislation. The Consultation proposes to amend the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 in line with the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The Consultation additionally proposes to revise the DHR terminology to clarify that suicides fall under […]
Launch of the “National Specialist Domestic Abuse Mapping”. Mapping Report 2023.
Download link: Standing Together’s National Specialist Domestic Abuse Court Mapping Report – 2023. Standing Together’s final report mapping specialist domestic abuse courts is released today! As part of the Mentor Court Project, we mapped SDACs across England and Wales. The report is the first comprehensive picture of the current state of specialist provision for victims […]