Gender norms can be harmful for everyone. For men, there can be pressure to act strong and know what to do, which makes asking for help hard.

🧵 Trustees' Week Thread 🧵 Exciting news this Trustees’ Week! Respect is in search of our next Chair and 3 new Trustees – could it be you? This is a great time to join our Board and become part of an established and collaborative group of Trustees as we continue to grow and expand our influence.

🧵1/3 🔔 Job opportunities! 🔔 @drivepartnership.bsky.social - formed by SafeLives, @respectuk.bsky.social, and Social Finance - works to transform the national response to domestic abuse perpetrators.

🧵1/3 📢 Are you ready to become a specialist in supporting children and families affected by #DomesticAbuse? Apply for our accredited Children’s Domestic Abuse Advocate ( #Chidva ) #Training today!

🧵1/3 📢 1 in 4 people murdered by a current or former intimate partner were aged 58 or over. Older survivors face unique barriers to support, which is why it’s vital that professionals have the right tools and understanding to meet their needs.

🧵1/2 📢 Specialist #Training: Responding to #YoungPeople affected by #DomesticAbuse Enhance your practical knowledge, and more, via our Young Person’s Violence Adviser ( #Ypva ) training. 🔹 Online 🔹 Accredited 🔹 Super-subsidised places available

🧵1/3 Our ‘Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) eLearning’ is a comprehensive introduction to the subject. And it’s FREE. Delivered in partnership with fellow experts at @institutefas.bsky.social.

🧵1/3 📢 Learn how to best support domestic abuse victims, survivors and their children. We have a number of accredited Idva courses now open, with our accessible course starting in 2026.

🧵1/3 Interested in Idva training but live in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our ‘Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate (Idaa) course is ideal for Scottish practitioners.

🧵1/3 📢 Calling all Police and probation officers: essential training below. ⬇️ Our Non-Fatal Strangulation (NFS) session, delivered in partnership with @institutefas.bsky.social (IFAS), will give you the tools you need to spot, evidence and respond to strangulation abuse. ✔️ Free ✔️ One day ✔️ Online

This #CPAAwarenessDay (Child to Parent Abuse) we are raising awareness of the hidden harm, also known as CAPVA (Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse).

🧵1/2 🔔 We’re hiring! 🔔 Join SafeLives as a lead trainer and assessor! 🗓️ Applications close 10 November, 9 am. #Hiring #CharityJobs #DomesticAbuse #VAWG

🧵1/3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Young Persons and Relationship Abuse Training: Scotland This online, 1-day course is suitable for any professional or volunteer working with victims of domestic abuse or young persons in Scotland.

🧵1/4 This World Mental Health Day, we’re shining a light on the mental health challenges faced by those working on the domestic abuse frontline.

🧵1/3 📢 This World Sight Day, we're shining a light on those often unseen. 1 in 12 visually impaired people in the UK are estimated to be victims or survivors of domestic abuse.

🧵1/2 This week, a bill was passed in #Scotland to help prevent domestic homicides and suicides. #DomesticAbuse survivors tell us that navigating the justice system can feel “like walking blindfolded through a minefield”, so this progress is welcomed.

🧵1/2 ✨ We want to shout out our colleagues at Berkshire Women's Aid Idva, outreach and refuge services who have successfully achieved #LeadingLights accreditation. This is a great achievement which demonstrates their dedication to providing essential support for those impacted by #DomesticAbuse.

🧵1/2 ✨ We want to shout out our colleagues at Her Centre IDSVA Service who have successfully achieved #LeadingLights accreditation. This is a great achievement which demonstrates their dedication and commitment to providing essential support for those impacted by #DomesticAbuse.

🧵1/5 🕊️ “I was like a puppet on a string. For him. And I didn’t see the sign. As he slowly took over my mind…”

🧵1/3 We welcome Helen Millichap’s comments and fully agree that the real work of ending violence against women must not be overshadowed by political disputes. #VAWG #DomesticAbuse #AntiRacism

🧵1/3 Interested in Idva training but live in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our ‘Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate (Idaa) course’ is ideal for Scottish practitioners. 🔹 Just like our Idva course, you'll learn how to best support DA victims, survivors and their children, but within the Scottish context.

🧵1/4 📢 Online focus group opportunity - share your insights on military families affected by domestic abuse.

🧵1/2 📢 SafeLives at #LabourPartyConference 📢 Our CEO, Ellen Miller, will be chairing a vital panel discussion: “Victims in their own right? How to better protect babies, children and young victims affected by domestic abuse.” 🗓 Sunday 28 September ⏰ 17:45 📍 Theatre 2, Youth Zone & Skills Hub

Our Drive partners, @respectuk.bsky.social have published the latest Make a Change Impact Report, showing the power of early intervention in preventing harm and supporting survivors. Together, we can end domestic abuse, for everyone, for good 💙

🧵1/4 📢 Today is #BisexualVisibilityDay - a time to highlight bisexual voices, including survivors of #DomesticAbuse. Our research reveals that bisexual women are almost 3x more likely than heterosexual women to experience domestic abuse.

🧵1/2 📢 SafeLives at #LabourPartyConference 📢 Our CEO, Ellen Miller, will be chairing a vital panel discussion: “Victims in their own right? How to better protect babies, children and young victims affected by domestic abuse.” 🗓 Sunday 28 September ⏰ 17:45 📍 Theatre 2, Youth Zone & Skills Hub

🧵1/4 The recent protests have created fear and division – especially for racialised and migrant survivors, frontline workers, and communities.

🧵1/5 📢 Specialist training: Responding to young people affected by domestic abuse Enhance your practical knowledge, and more, via our Young Person’s Violence Adviser (Ypva) training.

🧵1/3 Calling all professionals in Bolton, Leicestershire and Sheffield 📢 Join us on 14th October for a free Lunch & Learn #Webinar: ‘Embedding Authentic Voices in #TraumaInformed Practice’.

🧵1/3 📢 Responding to victims of #SexualViolence #Training You’ll be given the practical knowledge needed to most effectively support victims of sexual violence and abuse. 🔔 Application deadline: 30 September 🗓️ Course: 4-7 November

🧵1/3 ✨ Celebrating a new milestone ✨ We’re proud to announce that 60 organisations, with 143 services, have now achieved SafeLives Leading Lights Accreditation – the highest number in our history!

🧵1/2 📢 2-DAY CONFERENCE 🔹 Tackling VAWG in the armed forces community 🔹 Brought to you by @auroranewdawn.bsky.social 🔹 Ideal for anyone working in domestic abuse, sexual violence, healthcare, stalking services, or part of/supporting the Armed Forces community. 🔗 Book now: ow.ly/3gGK50WV5Qb

🧵1/2 Join the @institutefas.bsky.social for a one-day event in November. Programme highlights include: 🔹 Political efforts shaping the government’s VAWG strategy 🔹 Young people’s experiences of domestic abuse (hear from the SafeLives Changemakers!)

🧵1/3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Young Persons and Relationship Abuse Training: Scotland This online, 1-day course is suitable for any professional or volunteer working with victims of domestic abuse or young persons in Scotland.

Interested in learning more about Child & Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA)? The Respect Young People's Service offers a one day course that explains(CAPVA) why it may happen, what the risk factors are and what practitioners can do.

Emotional identification and regulation is so important for children and young people. It can help children and young people to understand complicated feelings and develop healthy and positive ways to regulate. To learn more, check out the course below 👇

🧵1/2 Suicide is the leading cause of death in #DomesticAbuse cases - claiming more lives than intimate partner homicide. This #WorldSuicidePreventionDay we want to highlight the support available to those in need. You are not alone. There is help. There is hope.

🧵1/3 📢 We’re proud to stand alongside @evawuk.bsky.social and more than 60 organisations in calling on the government to deliver a robust #VAWG strategy. Together, we’ve set out 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 that must be at the heart of any meaningful plan.

🧵1/6 📢 Are you a frontline domestic abuse professional (Idva/Idaa/Ypva/Isva/DA practitioner) who may come into contact with armed forces communities?

🧵1/3 On our #Scotland #Marac representatives #Training, you’ll learn how a multi-agency response should work, and how to make your Marac as effective as possible. 🔹 Better understand and engage with the Marac process locally.

🧵1/3 📢 A UK-wide emergency alert test will take place on Sunday 7th September 2025 at 3pm. Mobile phones will emit a loud siren and vibrate - even if they’re on silent.

🧵1/2 Meet Kristie, our fearless Safe Young Lives Authentic Voice Lead, who’s taking on the English Channel at the end of this month to raise money for SafeLives. Kristie has been working extremely hard training - now it’s our turn to cheer her on and show some support!

🧵1/3 📢 A UK-wide emergency alert test will take place on Sunday 7th September 2025 at 3pm. Mobile phones will emit a loud siren and vibrate - even if they’re on silent.

🧵1/2 We stand with our partners at @respectuk.bsky.social in highlighting the urgent need for awareness, recognition and specialist support for families experiencing child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse (Capva).

🧵1/7 📢 Let’s make domestic abuse everybody’s business.

🧵1/7 📢 Domestic abuse training for family lawyers.

🧵1/6 📢 Accessible Training for Service Managers & Team Leaders

🧵1/4 We fully back Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse’s (STADA) urgent call - recognising #DomesticAbuse as a #PublicHealth emergency - in their powerful report on how the #NHS 10 Year Plan can more effectively respond and support survivors.

🧵1/4 We at SafeLives fully support @forbabyssake.bsky.social open letter to Jess Phillips MP, Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls.