Response to Deaf Victims of Domestic Abuse (360G-cabinetoffice-G2-GA-202112640100-21-22)

To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to: promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise public and professionals awareness protect and support to enhance the safety of victims and the support that they receive pursue and deter to provide an effective response to perpetrators from initial agency response through to conviction and management of offenders, including rehabilitation improve performance to drive consistency and better performance in the response to domestic abuse across all local areas, agencies and sectors. The main purpose of the funding is to increase the accessibility of domestic abuse information, advice and support for deaf users, by developing online support for deaf survivors, developing services outside of London and designing a service for male survivors. Deliverables will include online Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) advice, training for professionals in regional areas and a male survivors workshop. This is an ongoing rather than a discrete project.