Training and events
We offer a wide range of training days and study days drawing on our 30 years’ experience of working with women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse.
For people wanting to study at university level, we have collaborated with Queen Margaret University to develop a module on Gender Justice, Masculinities and Violence. This work has been carried out with the support of the Scottish Government as part of the National Training Strategy on Domestic Abuse.
We can provide training on a commissioned basis, tailored to your organisation. For further information contact Nel Whiting.
Training Calendar
Download the Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 Calendar (740KB PDF).
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Training Day: Mothering Through Domestic Abuse
- 29 September 2010
- Research into children's experiences of domestic abuse has consistently emphasized the importance of providing support to the non-abusive parent (usually the mother) for effective child protection. But what exactly does this involve and why does it seem to be so difficult to achieve? Why does the perpetrator of domestic abuse often become ‘invisible' in child protection procedures?
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Training Day: Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Abuse
- 11 October 2010
- This session is aimed at front-line staff who work directly with women, children and young people and who feel that an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse will help them in their work. Participants need no prior learning or experience of domestic abuse related issues.
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Training Day: Older Women’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse
- 03 November 2010
- This session is aimed at front-line staff who work directly with older women and who feel that an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse will help them in their work. Participants need no prior learning or experience of domestic abuse related issues.
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Training Day: Working with Survivors of Rape & Sexual Abuse
- 11 November 2010
- This training is aimed at professionals who seek to have a deeper understanding of the spectrum of sexual violence and the effects that it has on survivors. It will enable participants to explore ways of dealing with a disclosure and also to support a survivor with confidence and sensitivity.
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Training Day: Understanding the Causes and Impacts of VAW
- 19 November 2010
- This session will examine the root causes of men's violence against women by exploring historical gendered constructions and gender inequality. It will consider the connections between different forms of violence against women and their impacts on individuals and society.
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Training Day: Asking the Question, Dealing with the Response
- 22 November 2010
- This session is aimed at workers who have already attended training on domestic abuse awareness and are looking to further their understanding by addressing practical issues around supporting women.
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Training Day: Working With Children Experiencing Domestic Abuse
- 25 November 2010
- This session is aimed at workers who have regular contact with children and young people and who are seeking an understanding of how living with domestic
abuse can impact on their lives. Participants need no prior learning of domestic abuse related issues.
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Violence Against Women in Muslim Communities
- 01 December 2010
- Violence Against Women in Muslim Communities
This session is aimed at workers who wish to consider the specific nature of violence against women in Muslim communities and how to improve support services. Participants will explore issues such as domestic abuse and forced marriage and the role of faith, culture and honour in understanding them. It will also offer practical tips and suggestions in dealing with situations in a personal or work space that are accompanied by cultural restraints.
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Matching up what we do with what we know: using logic modelling to design delivery of domestic abuse outcomes
- 03 December 2010
- We all use the same phrases to describe our understanding of violence against women: “cause and consequence of women’s inequality”, “gender-based violence” etc. But how well do our understandings of the dynamics of violence against women match what we do about domestic abuse? In these times of budget cuts and outcomes reporting, knowing that we are using our resources wisely is increasingly important - and logic modelling can help
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Training Day: BME Women's Experiences of Gender-based Violence
- 07 December 2010
- The training aims to highlight specific issues and needs of BME women survivors of gender-based violence, to examine service responses and to develop strategies to improve these responses.
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Training Day: Domestic Abuse: A Workplace Issue
- 09 December 2010
- This session is aimed at HR workers and policy makers who are considering introducing a domestic abuse policy in their workplace. No previous experience or training in this area is necessary.
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Training Day: Domestic Abuse & Child Protection
- 13 January 2011
- Aimed at workers who already have a basic awareness of domestic abuse, this day will look at the overlap of domestic abuse and child protection, links between child abuse and woman abuse and ways of offering support to women and children.
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Working with Men who Perpetrate Abuse
- 25 January 2011
- With the advent of the roll out throughout Scotland of the Caledonian programme (a systematic intervention programme with perpetrators of domestic abuse), consideration of issues about the perpetration of abuse has become more focussed. This course is aimed at practitioners who have an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and would like to know more about why some men perpetrate abuse and what interventions are considered appropriate and safe.
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Development Day: Is Gender relevant?
- 28 January 2011
- This session will seek to explore and explain the terminology and rationale of a gender based analysis of domestic abuse. It will also consider research which purports to demonstrate gender equivalence – that men are as likely to experience domestic abuse perpetrated by their female partner, and that women are just as violent as men in heterosexual relationships.
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Training Day: Trauma, Recovery & Domestic Abuse
- 09 February 2011
- This session will look at the psychological and mental health impact of living with a perpetrator of domestic abuse. The focus will be particularly on the range of effects of trauma and on models of working with and supporting survivors at different stages in the process of recovery.
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Training Day: Supporting LGBT People Experiencing Domestic Abuse
- 10 February 2011
- This training has been designed for delegates who already have an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and wish to learn more about its impacts and support implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.
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Training Day: Exploring the Links between Domestic Abuse and Substance Misuse
- 11 February 2011
- This session is aimed at those who work in drug/alcohol support projects and who want to look at the links between the use of drugs and/or alcohol and violence against women.
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Training Day: Domestic Abuse, an Adult Support & Protection Issue?
- 16 February 2011
- Aimed at workers who already have an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse, this day will look at the overlap of domestic abuse and ‘harm’, links between domestic abuse and adult support & protection legislation and safe and effective support to women who are at risk of or experiencing ‘harm’.
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Training Day: Dating Violence and Young Women’s Experiences of Abuse
- 24 February 2011
- Scotland has long recognised the potential impacts of all forms of domestic abuse on children and young people. Building on this understanding the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Plan for Children & Young People (2008) recognises that young people can experience domestic abuse in their own relationships. This training day is aimed at front line workers who wish to consider the specific nature of young women’s experiences and support options.
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Training Day: Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Abuse
- 18 March 2011
- This session is aimed at front-line staff who work directly with women, children and young people and who feel that an understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse will help them in their work. Participants need no prior learning or experience of domestic abuse related issues.
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Seminar: What Children Tell Us About Post-Separation Contact When Domestic Abuse is Present
- 25 March 2011
- The thorny issue of child contact with a non-resident father who has perpetrated domestic abuse has gained policy and research attention in recent years. Research has alerted us to the negative effect that domestic abuse can have on children, that contact provides an opportunity for abuse to continue, and that contact has the potential to be both physically and emotionally harmful for children and their mothers. However, children's own perspectives of contact in these circumstances have been largely under-researched. This seminar will explore emerging findings from a recent study with children about their views and experiences of contact with their non-resident fathers when there is domestic abuse. Participants will have opportunities to discuss the research findings and consider the implications that they have for policy and practice.