Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Champions Workshop April 2018
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Partnership We bring together key agencies across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with the aim of reducing the harm, risks and costs associated with domestic abuse and sexual violence and to prevent these crimes occurring across Cambridgeshire. We are responsible for: • Commissioning refuge places and outreach support • Independent Domestic Violence Advisory Service (IDVAs) • Independent Sexual Violence Advisory Service (ISVAs) (commissioned by OPCC) • Awareness raising • Training for professionals
Introductions • Name, Role and Service/Organisation • What do YOU want to get from the workshop?
Definition Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. This can encompass, but is not limited to, the following types of abuse: • • • psychological physical sexual financial emotional Controlling behaviour is: a range of acts designed to make a person subordinate and/or dependent by isolating them from sources of support, exploiting their resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape and regulating their everyday behaviour. Coercive behaviour is: an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim. ” * This definition, which is not a legal definition, includes so called 'honour’ based violence, female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage, and is clear that victims are not confined to one gender or ethnic group. (Home Office 2013)
Model of Staged Response • Level 4 – MARAC / IDVAs / Safeguarding / Refuges • Level 3 – IDVAs / Outreach / Targeted work • Level 2 – Universal workforce • Level 1 – Awareness-raising / by-stander interventions / prevention
Outreach Support • Cambridge Women’s Aid – Cambridge City, South Cambs and East Cambs • Refuge – Hunts, Fenland Peterborough
MARAC and the Role of the Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA)
Types of DA • Domestic abuse • Spousal assault • Wife / partner battering • Elder abuse • Violence Against Women (and Girls) or VAW (G) • Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) • Family violence / conflict • Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA) • Situational Couple Violence (SCV)
Coercive Controlling or Coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship (2015) Such as: • Repeatedly putting someone down • Restricting their access to money • Stopping them seeing friends and family • Tracking them • Jealous behaviour • Making them obey their rules • ‘Revenge porn’
Sexual Violence Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work. (WHO)
Types and Contexts of Sexual Violence rape within marriage or dating relationships or strangers; unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment; sexual abuse of mentally or physically disabled people; sexual abuse of children; forced marriage or cohabitation; denial of the right to use contraception; forced abortion; violent acts against the sexual integrity of women, including female genital mutilation; • forced prostitution and trafficking of people for the purpose of sexual exploitation. • •
Home Office Violence Against Women & Girls Strategy (2016) • Preventing Violence • Provision of Services • Partnership Working • Pursuing Perpetrators Home Office (2016) at https: //www. gov. uk/government/policies/violence-against-womenand-girls
Prevalence (Global) • Worldwide, almost one third (30%) of all women who have been in a relationship have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner. In some regions, 38% of women have experienced intimate partner violence… 7% of women have been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner. • There are fewer data available on the health effects of non-partner sexual violence. However, the evidence that does exist reveals that women who have experienced this form of violence are 2. 3 times more likely to have alcohol use disorders and 2. 6 times more likely to experience depression or anxiety. World Health Organisation (2013)
Prevalence (National) • An estimated 1. 9 million adults aged 16 to 59 years experienced domestic abuse in the last year, according to the year ending March 2017 Crime Survey for England Wales (1. 2 million women, 713, 000 men). • 1 in 4 women will suffer domestic violence in their lifetimes • There were a total of 454 domestic homicides recorded by the police in England Wales between April 2013 and March 2016. The majority of victims of domestic homicides were female (70%, or 319), with 30% of victims being male (135) • Estimated cost to the UK of £ 36. 7 bn ONS(2017)
Local Context • 13, 530 incidents reported to police in 2016/17 (Cambs and Peterborough) but still massively under-reported (British Crime Survey estimate of over 30, 000 victims pa in Cambs. ) • Reported incidents: 76% female and 24% male (children present in over 50% of incidents) • 142 referrals to Cambs ISVA in 2016 -17 • ‘Hotspots’ – Fenland, Peterborough, areas of deprivation • Estimated cost to Cambridgeshire services of £ 113 m per annum Cambridgeshire Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Partnership (2018)
Contextual model
Challenges • What specific challenges do you face in your role in relation to domestic abuse and sexual violence?
The Role of the DASV Champion • Link between your service and the DASV Partnership • Proactively raise discussion about DASV • Help address local barriers and identify improvements • Act as a source of support/knowledge to peers • Inform colleagues of updates and projects
Resources to support you in your role • • AVA Complicated Matters Training Posters and leaflets Local and National services VAWG Newsletter www. cambsdasv. org. uk Contact us….
White Ribbon Campaign • The mission of White Ribbon is to end male violence against women once and for all. To wear a White Ribbon is to pledge never to commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence. Their message to men is to practice tolerance, respect and kindness, and to stand up against male violence, bullying and sexism in all forms. • White Ribbon is a UK campaign, driven by men, that uses 25 th November as their main campaign day. 25 th November is the UN-sponsored International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and is the reason for this date. White Ribbon aims to sign up local authorities, public sector organisations and private sector organisations and works on the basis of having male ambassadors in these organisations. • Most men are not violent towards women, but many ignore the problem, or see it as something which doesn't have anything to do with them. The ethos of the campaign is that men need to join women and women's organisations in taking action to end the problem of men’s violence against women and girls (and other men and boys).
Other local support • • Embrace Break 4 Change The Victim and Witness Hub Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Rape Crisis • SARC (Sexual Assault Referral Centre) • DAHA (Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance)
Future workshops? • Children’s Social Care and Embrace • Inclusion and Aspire • CPFT Ideas? Discuss in groups
Dates for next workshops July 2018 Embrace and Children’s Social Care • • • 9 th Cambridge 18 th South Cambs 12 th East Cambs 16 th Fenland 4 th Huntingdon 25 th Peterborough
Stay in touch… www. cambsdasv. org. uk VAWG Newsletter https: //www. facebook. com/Cambridgeshire. DASV https: //twitter. com/@Cambs_DASV Email Julia. Cullum@cambridgeshire. gov. uk Vickie. Crompton@cambridgeshire. gov. uk Amanda. Warburton@cambridgeshire. gov. uk
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