Current activities
Working behind the scenes is just as important and effective as public campaigning. So our focus at the moment is on progressing policy on preventing domestic abuse; and protecting and providing for women and children who experience it.
We are heavily involved in partnerships with the Scottish Government, local authorities, COSLA, the NHS and others to make sure that tackling domestic abuse is part and parcel of their activities and not simply an 'add on'. Some examples are:
- National Domestic Abuse Delivery Plan: the Scottish Government has published an ambitious 3 year action plan to improve responses to children and young people. We have made sure that children and young people are listened to and heard and that their active participation is a key element of government strategy.
- Health: we are part of a national working group which is developing new guidelines to support healthcare staff in responding to women, children and young people with experience of domestic abuse.
- Domestic Abuse Court: we are part of a working group to ensure that the lessons learned from the pilot domestic abuse court in Glasgow are rolled out.
- Homelessness Strategy: as part of the homelessness strategy working group, we are implementing an action plan to prevent women, children and young people from becoming homeless because of domestic abuse.