Employers are well placed to spot the signs in colleagues: anxiety, decreased motivation, seeming distracted, being late, being on the phone to a partner or family member very often – and yet so often no one knows what to say or do. This must change.

Domestic abuse training for family lawyers empowers family lawyers to take a trauma-informed approach to representing survivors of domestic abuse, understand the dynamics of abuse, recognise the effect of trauma on clients’ presentation, explain the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people, and enable clients to achieve best evidence. Moreover, the course keeps learners up to date with recent statute and case law.

How Covid-19 impacted victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Scotland

This report puts a spotlight on the experiences of LGBT+ victims and survivors of domestic abuse and how professionals can better support them.

SafeLives’ response to 2022 call for evidence.

SafeLives’ submission to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consultation on the future of support for victims and their children in accommodation-based domestic abuse services.

SafeLives' response to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021: Draft statutory guidance consultation.

We welcome new Department for Education relationship and sex education guidance but let's ensure teachers get the training and resources to help young people.

Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic was a huge challenge for us and the wider domestic abuse sector. Read more about its impact on the frontline and what we learned.