Thursday, March 26, 2020
As we all adjust to life under the coronavirus pandemic and everyone is asked to stay inside to combat the spread of the virus, we know that not everyone feels safe at home. We are thinking of those child and adult victims of domestic abuse and know that frontline services that deliver domestic abuse support […]
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The Drive partnership develops and delivers an intensive intervention that works with high-harm perpetrators of domestic abuse. Today, we welcome the renewed focus on domestic abuse in the Chancellor’s Budget, which includes £10million for responding to high-harm and serial perpetrators of domestic abuse by extending programmes like Drive. Director of Drive Kyla Kirkpatrick said: “This […]
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
As the Domestic Abuse Bill returns to Parliament today, Drive is urging government to adopt a clearer strategy to respond to perpetrators of domestic abuse. Drive, a perpetrator intervention that challenges and holds high-harm perpetrators to account, welcomes the renewed focus on domestic abuse as the Domestic Abuse Bill is brought back to Parliament today. […]
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Two recent reports from independent inspectorates have underlined the need for a domestic abuse perpetrator strategy. The first – a joint report for Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) – found that police and the CPS were not always taking opportunities to gather evidence and prosecute domestic abuse crimes […]
Monday, January 20, 2020
‘Publish and fund a domestic abuse perpetrator strategy to cut violent crime and protect victims’ backers of a new campaign tell Government. Domestic abuse perpetrator intervention, Drive, and over 70 signatories call on the Government to invest in a perpetrator strategy, as new research shows the potential of perpetrator programmes to cut violent crime and […]
Monday, November 25, 2019
Drive – which is a partnership of three organisations, Respect, SafeLives, and Social Finance – has said today that new figures from the ONS demonstrate the need for every political party to commit to publishing a national strategy on perpetrators of domestic abuse. Drive, which is an intensive intervention that works with high-harm perpetrators to […]
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Drive welcomes the Domestic Abuse Bill. There are many positive elements within it that will make a real difference to the lives of victims and survivors. However, we would like to see financial and strategic non-legislative commitments from the government – to accompany this Bill – that effectively challenge those perpetrators who cause the nearly […]
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Drive is delighted to welcome the new Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, to her role. Her appointment, along with the promised Domestic Abuse Bill, provides an historic opportunity to turn the tide on domestic abuse and ensure perpetrators can no longer get away with their crimes. Over two million adults in the UK experience domestic abuse […]
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Drive partnership are delighted to have welcomed Victoria Atkins, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Safeguarding and Vulnerability and Minister for Women, to our site in Croydon today, discussing why it is so urgent we see a cross-government, comprehensive Perpetrator Strategy that challenges all those causing harm and holds them to account. A third of violent […]
Friday, June 14, 2019
“Today, Drive welcomes the Domestic Abuse Bill Committee’s recommendations for a cross-government response to domestic abuse and improved provision for perpetrators. We are pleased to see learnings from Drive mentioned as part of the Domestic Abuse Bill Committee’s evidence-base and we will continue to advocate for specialist interventions for the full spectrum of perpetrators – […]
