DA Seen

Who we are:

A group of women from across the four partner specialist Domestic Abuse Outreach Services in Surrey who have all experienced domestic abuse or femicide.
Women who are passionate and committed to using their experience to inform services, educate statutory agencies and staff, and help other women.
Women for whom trauma is a lasting daily experience.
Majority have children who have witnessed or directly experienced DA themselves. We also have experience of child on parent violence as a result of trauma from DA.
Women who have faced additional barriers due to disability, racism, culture, faith, homophobia, mental health and financial hardship.
Women who have experienced all forms of DA.

The Office of The Police and Crime Commissioner’s Coercive and Controlling behaviour framework.
Surrey Police Rape and Sexual Assault Strategy, their Domestic Abuse strategy, and their strategy to help women with uncertain immigration status.
Producing a financial abuse advice pack which is available to all survivors in the county.
Surrey County Council’s Anti Victim Blaming Guidance; writing the foreword and contributing to their domestic abuse strategy for the next four years.
Working in the Family Justice Pilot in Surrey with Firebird and Rights of Women looking at how women are treated within the family court.
Working with Healthwatch on GP research into the treatment of domestic abuse and sexual assault survivors.
Working with former MP Kate Kniveton looking at the experiences of women and children in the family court.

We work with the foundations of safety, courage, collaboration, justice and integrity.

To put survivors at the heart of services and service provision.

“Domestic Violence Injunction Handbook” Provides step-by-step advice on filling in the forms.

For free legal advice call: 0207 251 6577

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