Our Safety planning for domestic abuse training in Scotland is designed to enhance knowledge of safety planning and how to respond in a supportive manner to people experiencing domestic abuse.

Our Domestic abuse and responding well in the workplace training in Scotland aims to increase workplace knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse, enabling employers to develop and implement effective workplace policies.

Our 'Dynamics of domestic abuse training in Scotland' is designed to provide introductory knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse.

Our 'Closed Doors' - how to safety plan for South Asian women in Scotland gives frontline professionals the skills to provide safety plans for South Asian victims

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Domestic Abuse (DA) Matters is a bespoke cultural change programme for police officers and staff in England and Wales, designed to transform the response to domestic abuse.

SafeLives are pleased to have been able to work collaboratively with Police Scotland to deliver Domestic Abuse (DA) Matters Scotland, supporting the implementation of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.

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.

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.