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 – […]
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019 At the House of Lords today, representatives of the Drive Partnership called for public and voluntary sector services to make perpetrators of domestic abuse a higher priority as part of a comprehensive response to ending domestic abuse. As Peers, MPs and sector experts gathered today to mark the achievements of Drive, speakers […]
Thursday, May 9, 2019
As part of the pre-legislative process for the Domestic Abuse Bill, Drive has submitted written evidence to the committee. Our written evidence is informed by the findings and learnings from the development of Drive and focuses on what needs to be done to improve the response to domestic abuse perpetrators on a UK-wide scale. Read […]
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Please click here to read the key findings from the University of Bristol’s Year 2 Executive Summary. Please click here to read the full Year 2 University of Bristol Evaluation. The Drive Project launched in April 2016 and is being piloted in three areas across England and Wales (Essex, South Wales and West Sussex) from […]
Monday, January 21, 2019
Drive welcomes the Domestic Abuse Bill as an important step forward, highlighting the need for provision that works comprehensively to protect and support victims/survivors, while also working to stop the abuse from being carried out by the person causing the harm – the perpetrator. We know that the response to perpetrators across the UK currently […]
Friday, November 16, 2018
“The report on CRCs is illustrative of an urgent need for systemic change and overhaul of our funding streams, commissioning models, and our understanding of perpetrator provision. This work is challenging, difficult, and demands a properly resourced multi-agency response to hold perpetrators to account. Victims and survivors must be at the core of this work […]
Monday, October 8, 2018
Domestic abuse thrives on silence. We therefore welcome anything that opens up the conversation and the Panorama programme airing tonight ‘Can Violent Men Change?’ will do just that. Too often perpetrators remain hidden and overlooked. They are left unaccountable and free to be abusive towards those closest to them. The Drive Partnership (Respect, SafeLives, Social […]
