Spotlight: The Podcast For The Domestic Abuse Sector

Today is a relatively quiet day for the DeafHope Idvas. They meet with survivors from diverse cultural backgrounds to talk about the impact of domestic abuse on children. Catch up on blogs from DeafHope, the UK's only specialst domestic abuse service for Deaf women: http://tinyurl.com/hsxmhw7 For more podcasts, blogs, webinars and guidance on disabled people, see our Spotlights page tinyurl.com/jt38ern IMPORTANT: The thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily state or reflect those of SafeLives. Image description: A woman using sign language

Day three of our "week in the life" series. In this episode, we see how DeafHope helps their clients to recover from the effects of abuse in the long term. Through October and November, we'll be focusing on the ways disabled people experience domestic abuse and the ways they can seek help. We'll be looking closely at how the system currently works and where it fails.

This week we're sharing the work of DeafHope, the UK's only specialist Deaf Idva service. In today's episode, we'll hear about the challenges faced by Idvas supporting deaf clients in court. Through October and November, we'll be focusing on the ways disabled people experience domestic abuse and the ways they can seek help. We'll be looking closely at how the system currently works and where it fails.

This week DeafHope, the UK's only specialist deaf Idva service, is sharing their work with us. In this first installment, the service manager gives us an insight into some of the unique challenges faced by the team. Through October and November, we'll be focusing on the ways disabled people experience domestic abuse and the ways they can seek help. We'll be looking closely at how the system currently works and where it fails.

Our second Spotlight series looks focuses on disabled people experiencing domestic abuse and the services available to them. In this week's podcast Emma Storey talks to Thien Nguyen Phan, Marac co-ordinator at the charity Standing Together Against Domestic Violence. They discuss how Maracs work, what happens when vital expertise is missing from the table, and how to accurately record data to make sure disabled people are safe from domestic abuse. To read the transcript of this episode in a text file, please click this link http://tinyurl.com/hbpyzmt To read the transcript of this episode in a pdf file please click this link http://tinyurl.com/gsn2oxu Correction: Please be aware that at 9 minutes 7 seconds in our interviewee says "visual impairment" when she meant "hearing impairment" Image description: A group of men and women sit around a table in a meeting with laptops listening to each other in a large room with big windows and office style paintings on the wall. IMPORTANT: The thoughts and opinion

In this reading of her blog, Jennifer Daw, one of the SafeLives Research Analysts, looks at the reasons disabled victims of domestic abuse are not being identified at Maracs. You can read Jennifer's blog here: http://safelives.org.uk/node/914 Through October and November, we'll be focusing on the ways disabled people experience domestic abuse and the ways they can seek help. We'll be looking closely at how the system currently works and where it fails.

This week, Emma talks to Jane, a hospital-based Idva and Mel, the adult social care Marac representative for Cheshire East. They discuss the ways healthcare professionals and Idvas in healthcare settings can help detect older victims of domestic abuse and consider whether attitudes among the older generation are changing. Are older people more readily identifying themselves as victims? Read the transcript for this episode here: http://tinyurl.com/z8728am IMPORTANT: The thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily state or reflect those of SafeLives.

This week, Rachel talks to Margaret Smith, an Idva with Safer Wales, about validating the experiences of older people, making them feel safe and asking the right questions at the right time. Margaret's presentation on safeguarding older people: http://tinyurl.com/zhbwwu7 Download the transcript for this podcast: http://tinyurl.com/z45a8cz IMPORTANT: The thoughts and opinions expressed in our podcast do not necessarily state or reflect those of SafeLives.

In this episode of Spotlight, Rachel Ozanne from SafeLives talks to Rachel Nicholas, Safety Intervention Manager at Camden Council, about their successful campaign, Know It’s Not Too Late - designed to reach more older victims, More on Know It's Not Too Late: http://news.camden.gov.uk/know-its-not-too-late Read the transcript for this podcast: http://www.safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Spotlight%20podcast%201%20transcript.pdf IMPORTANT: The thoughts and opinions expressed in our podcast do not necessarily state or reflect those of SafeLives.