Statement on the tragic loss of Sabina Nessa

Important new commitments from UK Government on Violence Against Women and Girls strategy. Emphasis on access, justice, online safety, and healthcare training.

SafeLives and our partner On Our Radar have been awarded funding by Comic Relief to develop a digital platform where young people with experience of domestic abuse will be able to safely share their stories and enable them to recognise abusive behaviour in their relationships.

Department for Education's Children in Need review highlights domestic abuse's impact on children. SafeLives urges bold, national approach to tackle vast issue.

SafeLives receives Big Lottery Fund grant to end domestic abuse postcode lottery in Scotland, bridging gaps in services and amplifying survivor voices.

Many families who have experienced domestic abuse find themselves in family court. Some are subject to care proceedings, where children are removed from mothers who have been assessed as “unable to protect” their children from the domestic abuse they are experiencing themselves

One in five children have been exposed to domestic abuse. SafeLives estimates that around 130,000 children in the UK live in households with high-risk domestic abuse; that is, where there is a significant risk of harm or death

In this blog, a Cafcass Family Court Adviser shares her experience and thoughts on domestic abuse as it affects proceedings concerning children in the family courts

Ofsted works closely with the Care Quality Commission, HMI Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and HMI Probation, carrying out joint inspections to see how well local agencies in an area work together to protect children. Children living with domestic abuse was the focus of our inspection programme in 2016.