Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse – “Anyway, listening isn’t enough”
By Breagha Hayes, DHR Coordinator at Standing Together Standing Together attended the annual Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (‘AAFDA’) conference on 16 March 2023. Bereaved family members whose loved ones had been killed following a history of domestic abuse were at the centre of the AAFDA conference. Rupert Waterhouse spoke of his daughter, Poppy (aged […]
Westminster VAWG Housing First Service Second Year Evaluation
This evaluation will highlight the key outcomes, challenges, and successes of the second year of the Westminster VAWG Housing First project. Read the Year 2 evaluation report here.
Responding to Harmful Practices against Women and Girls in London
Responding to Harmful Practices against Women and Girls in London: the potential of a data-driven and intersectional approach Dr Olumide Adisa, Joana Ferreira, and Dr Reilly Willis Research on the use of MARACs for harmful practices is scarce, this paper highlights the complexity of harmful practices cases, the gaps within MARACs and provides important recommendation […]
Keeping The Faith: What Survivors From Faith Communities Want Us To Know
This report has important findings and recommendations which can help bridge a gap in policy responses for women of faith and highlights the role of faith communities.
Raising the Minimum Age of Marriage in the UK Briefing An overview and its implications on Faith-based, Black and Minoritised communities
This Policy Brief highlights the complexity of the issue, criminalising through law enactment without working with communities and religious leaders, often creates a gap in safeguarding women and girls in the community.
Housing Rights Resource: For Survivors of Domestic Abuse & their advocates
This resource contains useful information about housing and your legal rights. It is written for women who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse. Specialist domestic abuse services may also find it useful as a guide for the people they support. In this resource, you will find links to videos explaining different areas of the […]
Launch of the “Refreshed Guide to Effective Domestic Abuse Partnership Work – The CCR”
This new guidance brings together current national best practice around enhancing local, regional and national strategic responses to domestic abuse. Standing Together (ST)’s work is renowned nationally and internationally for pioneering the coordinated community response in the UK. This evidence-based approach has led to the development of widely recognised system-change interventions such as Specialist Domestic Abuse […]
Faith and VAWG Coalition Membership
The Coalition brings together organisations and activists working at the intersections of faith, race, ethnicity and violence against women and girls. The Coalition is led by the Faith and Community Programme at Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse. It seeks to build bridges between members of Faith Communities or Faith-centric organisations and DVA specialists and organisations […]
London DHR Case Analysis and Review Launch 2020
In 2019 Standing Together was commissioned by MOPAC to carry out research and produce a report on London Domestic Homicide Review’s (DHR). The report is a case analysis and review of local authorities DHR Process. It examines 84 DHRs between 2011 and 2018. The analysis includes an in-depth look at intersectional themes which has not […]