Consultancy and Bespoke Packages

Why choose Safer Places?

Safer Places knows what works when supporting survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and how to tackle abuse in our communities. We are a local charity, with over 40 years experience of supporting survivors, running accommodation and community services and creating and delivering training and qualifications. All of our services are co-created with the voice of the survivor at the heart of all we do and we take this forward in every aspect of our work. We always aim to have our services independently evaluated, to ensure that they are effective and delivered in line with our values to achieve our mission.

Consultancy

Our consultancy is independent, practical and informed.We offer individually tailored consultancy to local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners, accommodation providers and businesses who want to improve their response to survivors and increase family’s safety.

Bespoke Training Packages

We respond to individual training needs of organisations and businesses and can develop tailor made training workshops and sessions to suit your requirements. For example we have delivered training to detectives in a number of police forms, delivered perpetrator training for those attempting to break the cycle of abuse and strategic domestic abuse training for commissioners.

All our training is delivered by our expert team who will ensure that you get the most out of your package and walk away with the knowledge and skills to tackle domestic and sexual abuse, relevant to your area of practice.

To discuss this in more detail please get in touch

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Are you in a trauma bond?

A blog post about trauma bonds from Lexie - Safer Places' Children and Families Worker
Are you stuck in a trauma bond?
Property Agent Appeal

We are delighted that Solutions for Property Ltd have chosen to support us and are leading this appeal encouraging Employee's, Partner Agencies and Landlords to take part by either making a donation or purchasing a gift for the families living in our safe accommodation this Christmas. Every donation supports us to support survivors.
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Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA)

The IDVA qualification is a Level 3 OCNLR Qualification in Domestic Abuse: Prevention and Early Intervention. The course is designed for adult professionals working with families affected by domestic abuse.
J9 Initiative

The J9 Domestic Abuse Initiative aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse and assist survivors to access support safely by training professionals and members of the community to recognise domestic abuse and respond to survivors. Once J9 trained, the J9 logo is displayed, letting survivors know that they have a safe place to access information and use a telephone to contact support services.
Work With Us

At Safer Places, our team are our most important resource and a real asset to us. Having a highly competent, survivor focused, experienced and resourceful team is key to delivering a high quality service. We are proud of our team and our organisational culture is really important to us. Working for Safer Places is no ordinary job. Every role in our organisation plays a part in delivering on our Mission. We work hard to create an environment that inspires and empowers staff to give their bes
Independent sexual violence advisors course (ISVA)

This is a specialists level course designed to increase the knowledge of a qualified IDVA and someone who has been supporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse and sexual abuse for over a year. This course is delivered by Safer Places and we are delighted to have Zoe Lodrick working with us to deliver days 2 and 3.
About our Training

At Safer Places we have a range of training courses and qualifications available, from short 3 hour sessions to Level 3 and 4 accredited qualifications.
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Therapeutic Programmes

Triple R is Safer Places' main trauma informed Domestic Abuse Programme which has three aims: To enable victims/survivors to recognise the abuse and its impacts on them and their children. To enable them to recover from the abuse and support their children to do so. To develop resilience by building on their strengths and addressing challenges in order to build a better sustainable safe future for themselves and their families We also run a Money support programme
Mission and Values

Vision Safer Places vision is a society where everyone lives a life free from fear and abuse
Help in a Crisis

If you or your children are in immediate danger, call the police on 999. If you are not in immediate danger and would like to talk to us about your options, call our helpline on 03301 025811. We will provide you with the support and information you need to consider your options and decide what to do to improve your safety and that of your children.