Domestic violence conference in London: Lessons from Duluth and Beyond, Coordinated community response and DV perpetrator programmes

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The second week in June must be a busy week of DV conferences and events in the UK! If you are located further south in England perhaps this would be more convenient for you to attend. The conference will take place at London Metropolitan University on 6th June 9.30am – 1.30pm.

Information on the event and speakers can be accessed here. A map is also available and contact details to organise your attendance.

Hestia and London Metropolitan University are organising this event featuring two representatives from leading domestic abuse prevention organisations in the United States, the focus of the presentations is looking at the lessons learned from Community Coordinated Response (CCR) and perpetrator programmes.

Overview:

CCR to domestic abuse originated in the early 1980s in Duluth, Minnesota with the twin aims of centering victim safety and holding male perpetrators to account. In 2014, Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP), the city of Duluth and St. Louis County were awarded the “Gold Award” from the World Future Council and Inter-Parliamentary Union for the creation of the concept of a CCR.

The Duluth Model has become a ‘world travelling concept’, applied and adapted across different cultural contexts. In the UK, it is claimed as the basis of many of the multi-agency approaches that support victims of domestic abuse.

 

 

 

Last call for places at NCSPVA Annual domestic violence conference at Worcester University

As previously mentioned Worcester University are planning a conference on 5 – 6th June 2017 hosted alongside the National Centre for the Study and Prevention of Violence and Abuse (NCSPVA). There are still a few places left to attend this conference and if you are interested please contact Ester Dobston on either Tel: 01905 542711 or email: edobson@worc.ac.uk

The aim of the conference is to further the understanding of evidence based practice through reflection on developments to date, and the future needs of children growing up within a context of violence. To this end the conference will host a number of keynote presentations and individual oral and poster presentations that will showcase regional, national and international research and practice innovations relating to childhood and violence and safeguarding within this context. The speakers attending have now been finalised.

A programme providing more detailed information on the speakers and presentations is available click Programme_NCSPVA17

A leaflet promoting the conference is available click NCSPVA Annual Conference 2017

We will be reporting back to you on the key discussions from this conference.