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 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.
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.
Our Learning Review, evaluating 3 years of the Coaction Hub project can be found here: Independent Learning Review
All the Coaction Hub Resources can be found on the Coaction Hub Knowledge Hub.
https://www.awrc.org.uk/knowledge-hub
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The Harmful Practices Strategic Partnership (HPSP) is a pan London, by and for led partnership of statutory, non-statutory and by and for led organisations and other stakeholders. It is co-ordinated by the Coaction Hub, a partnership project between Asian Women’s Resource Centre and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse. This platform is unique as it started as an independent collective of professionals and activists associated with the Harmful Practices sector and then became a part of the Coaction Hub with terms of reference that reflected equity and shared leadership.
The group meets every quarter and have satellite meetings on thematic areas decided by members. Meetings are chaired by global majority led members and decision making is positively weighted in favour of by and for organizations as per the terms of reference. HPSP is a platform to support specialist organizations to contribute and be recognized for their expertise to inform policy and strategy within the Coordinated Community Response (CCR).
Events and Resources:
In February 2025 HPSP held a conference entitled Invisible Victims: Children and Harmful Practices focusing on the invisiblisation of children subject to harmful practices, both as ‘direct’ victims and as victims living in households where harmful practices are taking place. The conference briefing entailing important highlights along with filming of some of the speakers can be viewed here:
https://www.awrc.org.uk/harmful-practices-strategic-partnership-hpsp
HPSP Invisible Victims: Children and Harmful Practices Conference Briefing
Asma Ashraf, City St George’s University, Queer Muslim and Honourable
In March 2025 Hammersmith and Fulham Council funded us to hold a webinar on children and harmful practices as part of Women’s History Month. Slides from the webinar can be viewed https://content.webfactorysite.co.uk/7982-children_and_harmful_practices_hpsp.pdf
In 2022 the HPSP responded to the Women and Equalities Committee’s call for evidence on so-called honour-based abuse. https://content.webfactorysite.co.uk/7982-response%20to%20honour%20based%20abuse%20call%20for%20evidence.pdf
In 2023 we held a webinar aimed at London VAWG Leads exploring the advantages of harmful practices operational groups to local VAWG responses. This included examples from two areas discussing how they have set up, coordinated and developed these groups and the benefits for the local coordinated community response. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvZJLOLAXQI
In 2023 the HPSP produced factsheets on a range of harmful practices to support good practice in statutory and non-statutory agencies in London and to encourage referrals to specialist agencies. These can be found in the Coaction Knowledge Hub: https://www.awrc.org.uk/knowledge-hub/harmful-practices-repository
