The London Domestic Violence Forum (LDVF) was formed in 2002. The LDVF brings together a range of voluntary and statutory bodies engaged in domestic violence work to implement the London Domestic Violence Strategy. The LDVF is a multi-agency group encompassing all key domestic violence services. The Mayor’s Second London Domestic Violence Strategy was launched in […]
The GLDVP began work on mental health early in 2003 having identified both a strong link between women’s experiences of domestic violence and mental distress and huge gaps in services for these women. As the Department of Health report Into the Mainstream confirms, women’s experiences of violence and abuse frequently lead to mental distress. GLDVP’s […]
Through innovative and positive approaches, the Stella Project works to promote, at practice and policy level, the development of inclusive, integrated service provision for survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence who experience problematic substance use. The Stella Project supports drug, alcohol and domestic violence agencies to effect sustained change in service delivery and outcomes. At […]
The Children and Young People’s Project works to improve the safety and redress the imbalances in opportunity for children/young people witnessing or experiencing domestic violence. This is done via training, strategic lobbying, integrating domestic violence work into schools, developing work to support young women experiencing adolescent domestic violence, promoting and rolling out models of good […]
This is a one year funded project to develop a good practice guide to assist faith leaders and domestic violence service providers to provide safe responses to survivors of domestic violence and their child(ren) and enable them to know more about what interventions can be made to hold abusers / perpetrators responsible for their abusive […]
GLDVP is establishing a new workstream to address the needs of women in the criminal justice system who are offenders or are at risk of offending and who have experienced violence and abuse. Women offenders are some of the most disadvantaged members of our society. Most commit non-violent crimes, and pose no danger to the […]
If you think a friend or family member is experiencing domestic violence, there are things you can do to help. Note: To both reflect the overwhelming majority and for ease of reading, this document refers to victims/survivors of domestic violence as female, and perpetrators as male. However, this is not meant to imply that domestic […]
Greater London Domestic Violence Project (GLDVP) is a project of London Action Trust (LAT). LAT works to break the cycle of offending and so create safer communities. LAT has been recognised as Committed to Excellence by EFQM. GLDVP was set up in 1997 with the aim of increasing safety for survivors of domestic violence, and […]
