The BBC tackles child to parent violence
(Screenshot. See below for link to the interview). This week saw huge progress in the drive to make child…
Youth Justice Board
CPV Mapping: Question, Questions, Questions!
There has been an amazing response to the launch of the map last week, locating specialist services for families experiencing…
“Cases of children abusing their parents has soared by 60% in two years”
People have been much exercised over recent weeks by an apparent huge rise in the number of younger and younger…
Information Guide: Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse
The second of two launch days for the Interim Information Guide: Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse took place in…
Leeds Practitioners’ Forum on Child-to-Parent Violence
I was very disappointed not to be able to attend the Practitioners’ Forum at Leeds University, but thrilled to present…
A call to end violence against women and girls, revised action plan 2014
The revised edition of the Home Office’s ‘A Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls’ Action Plan (2014) has…
East Midlands Practitioners Peer Learning
I have just spent an exciting and inspiring morning with representatives of the Youth Offending Service across the East Midlands…
An update on Step Up in the UK
Today we have a guest post from LynetteRobinson, of Alternative Restoratives. Lynette is thrilled to have had her work in…
A successful year for Hertfordshire Practical Parenting Programme
A year ago I spotted a piece in the Hertfordshire local press about a big lottery grant awarded to a…
Changing the DV definition: the debate continues
My attention was drawn this week to the recently released Home Office Guidance, Information for Local Areas on the change…