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 […]
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 […]