An important reminder
When an election is called, civil servants are subject to strict rules about what they can and can’t do. The…
Policy
Public Consultation on the Definition of Child to Parent Abuse
When the first Home Office guidance document for those working with what was then termed Adolescent to Parent Violence and…
Hear ME project published
Dhriti Suresh-Eapen and AVA are thrilled to publish the findings and recommendations from their Hear ME project today. This one-year…
Updating the Working Together Guidance
The government is currently working on an update to the multi-agency statutory guidance document, Working together to Safeguard Children, as…
Home Office Standards for Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes
The Home Office launched a set of 7 over arching principles and practice guidelines yesterday, January 9th, to support the…
Statutory Guidance to the Domestic Abuse Act published
At the start of the month, the Government published the Statutory Guidance to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, taking into…
A Response to the Review of Children’s Social Care
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has been published less than a week, but there have already been many,…
A response to the Government’s Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan
Somewhat delayed because of family circumstances, but I thought it would be helpful to have a look at the Government’s…
In July, the Government published the draft statutory guidance on Domestic Abuse with a consultation period ending on 14th September 2021.…
New VAWG consultation open
The Home Office has launched a Call for Evidence to help inform the development of the next Violence Against Women…