Monday, January 18, 2021
A new report published today by The Drive Partnership (Respect, SafeLives, and Social Finance) warns that abusers are reporting that relationship problems have lessened during lockdown – but that this view is unlikely to be shared by victims. The report, based on the findings of a survey conducted between August and October 2020, suggests that […]
Monday, January 4, 2021
The Drive Partnership has published its briefing for the House of Lords debate on the Domestic Abuse Bill, in which it argues for the Bill to include a commitment to publish a perpetrators strategy to better prevent domestic abuse. It also argues for changes to the new proposed statutory duty on councils to provide accommodation-based […]
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Over two thousand more victims will be supported to stay safe through the Drive Project, as government and PCCs invest in holding perpetrators of domestic abuse to account. Drive, an intervention that works to protect victims of domestic abuse by challenging and changing the behaviour of high-harm, high-risk and serial perpetrators, is set to make […]
Thursday, November 12, 2020
This week, Wirral Council announced that they will be tackling domestic abuse through the Drive Project. This welcome news means that Drive is continuing to expand across England and Wales ensuring more areas have bespoke systems in place to manage the risk that high-harm, high-risk perpetrators of domestic abuse pose and to keep child and adult […]
Friday, October 23, 2020
Drive welcomes the publication of the Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime (MOPAC)’s evaluation report, which looks into our work in Croydon and finds that the Drive Project is replicable. The report shows Drive is keeping victims safer in line with the positive findings of the University of Bristol evaluation of our pilot project. This reflects the hard work of […]
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Today, the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens and South Gloucestershire Council announced that they will be rolling out the Drive Project in South Gloucestershire. This welcome news means that Drive is continuing to expand across England and Wales ensuring more areas have bespoke systems in place to manage the risk that […]
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Today, Police and Crime Commissioners, domestic abuse charities, housing organisations, academics, and local government representatives have written to the new Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing, Kelly Tolhurst, asking her to work with them to establish risk-managed housing solutions for perpetrators of domestic abuse that enable victims to stay safe in their own homes, while […]
Thursday, August 27, 2020
A new report published today by the Drive Partnership (Respect, SafeLives, and Social Finance) reveals that professionals working with domestic abuse perpetrators during the COVID-19 lockdown were managing increased levels of risk while facing a range of challenges – from financial difficulties (one-quarter) to problems with technology (two-thirds). Despite this, almost all services continued to […]
Friday, August 21, 2020
The Drive Partnership welcomes the opening of a new fund from government for work with perpetrators of domestic abuse to risk-manage, and where possible, change their behaviour; and is encouraging Police and Crime Commissioners to work with relevant organisations to apply to it. The £6.1m announcement represents the first England and Wales-wide offer of investment […]
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Drive, a service that specialises in working with high-harm, high-risk perpetrators, in partnership with the Respect Phoneline, is launching a new webchat service to provide advice for professionals working with perpetrators of domestic abuse during COVID-19 and beyond. The advice is available to all professionals, including: probation officers, social workers, mental health and health care […]
