They F*** You Up
Reading an interview with author, Norah Vincent, this week, I came over all philosophical. Vincent was speaking to Emilee Lindner…
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October Training in Nottingham
Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum are running a repeat of their June training day on October 5th 2012. Addressing Young People’s…
A statistical increase – is this good or bad?
Some statistics reported from NSW this weekend in terms of violence towards parents. According to the latest Bureau of Crime statistics,…
Strong links between different kinds of family violence
An interesting juxtaposition of topics on Woman’s Hour today. Amongst the early items, Jenni Murray interviewed Lisa Harker, Head of…
Respect 7th National Practitioner’s Network Meeting
Respect have announced the date of their next national practitioners’ network meeting, to take place in Cardiff, Wales, on October…
No one could accuse the PAARS team of a lack of commitment!
I met with the practitioners from PAARS this week to find out more about what they are doing, and to…
For shame
There’s been a bit of a theme going on it seems lately about shame. Today I have been re-reading Lynette…
Supporting families of substance using, abusive young people
While it has long been known that substance abuse by young people was in some cases associated with parent abuse,…
Problematising young men
Dr Helen Baker has kindly sent me details of an article which was published in Criminal Justice Matters in March…
Respect 6th National Practitioners Seminar
I have come to anticipate a stimulating and informative experience from Respect’s Practitioner Seminars. Yesterday’s, in the London Borough of…