Recently released details of judicial training places domestic abuse as a central focus amid concerns raised by 2 research studies detailing poor practice with domestic abuse victims in the family and criminal courts.

Major male football tournaments cause a spike in domestic abuse incidents. To help people recognise the signs, respond safely and support survivors a World Cup resource pack has been launched.

The PSA published their report into the DVACT-PAI Experts Register as a step towards accreditation for the only register of domestic abuse experts in the UK

The PSA published their report into the DVACT-PAI Experts Register as a step towards accreditation for the only register of domestic abuse experts in the UK

DVACT-PAI have now published those standards which we commissioners and service users should expect from child-focused expert assessments.

The Domestic Abuse Commissioner highlights an alarming lack of funding for understanding and preventing deaths linked to domestic abuse, essential for informing Domestic Abuse Risk Assessments. Since 2011, local councils have been required to conduct domestic homicide reviews (DHRs), costing an average of £10,000, but no funding has been provided for addressing the issues raised within them. In 2016, the scope of DHRs was expanded to include domestic-abuse-related suicides, a

DVACT-PAI launch a new wraparound assessment and treatment service enabling parents to demonstrate that they can make positive changes to behaviours of concern more quickly alongside an expert assessment

This article examines the strong rationale for expert services that can help to avoid the emotional and financial costs of care proceedings and child removals due to domestic abuse

Reports by Refuge estimate that three women a week die by suicide following domestic abuse, indicating that death by suicide has now overtak

By speaking out and telling their stories domestic abuse sufferers can let those living with domestic abuse know that it is possible to over

August 2023 sees the merge of DV-ACT with PAI to become a leading provider of domestic abuse assessments and interventions in the UK.

June 2023 sees the launch of a children's book that aims to educate children in a fun way about healthy and unhealthy friendships and prevent future domestic abuse victimisation. The Funky Frecks Relationships play a key part in every child’s wellbeing with healthy relationships helping children feel secure and supported, and unhealthy relationships having a long-lasting negative impact that can continue into adulthood. In the UK, primary schools must teach all young people h

Using our experience of working with male and female, victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse to answer questions raised by the trial.

2022 sees the launch of DV-ACTs new programme for mothers. Ground-breaking in the domestic abuse sector this programme uses bespoke treatmen

2022 sees the launch of a new division of DV-ACT to deliver bespoke specialist treatment programmes for parents in child protection measures. Launching DV-ACTION Programmes DV-ACT experts have used their decades of experience to develop the UK's first bespoke domestic abuse programmes delivered remotely for parents in child protection measures. Our programmes are designed to support effective change in parents particularly where there are complex needs, this is how: A child-c

What factors could have led to the tragic death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and what are the risks facing children since the pandmeic.

Digital delivery has proved to remove some barriers to participation with DV-ACT's vulnerability programme showing record completion rates.

DV-ACT was saddened to hear that a social worker was attacked along with police officers while undertaking a welfare check in Haringey. In this post we discuss the importance of welfare checks for domestic abuse victims and children with key insight from our expert social workers on how to keep safe. On August 6th a social worker in Haringey London was stabbed while trying to 'defuse a situation' involving 2 young children. While we are pleased to hear that the social worker

Research is emerging that coronavirus measures have fostered an environment where perpetrators use of coercive controlling behaviour has flourished. This post will examine how this type of abuse can be recognised, the effects this has on children and the implications for child contact and safety planning. Coercive control flourishing in the pandemic Early research into the effects of the pandemic on domestic abuse is showing that restrictions used to minimise the spread of th

The Independent Office for Police Conduct launched a national campaign to make people aware of how they can alert police that they are in danger but unable to speak. The silent solution system is well-established in the UK but will only be effective if the public is made aware of how to use it. Calling 999 Using the Silent Solution Many people are unaware that the Police will not automatically respond if you make a silent 999 call. The Silent Solution is a police system used