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The Power to Change - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
Authors: Women’s Aid, NANE in Hungary, Associazione Artemisi in Italy, MTÜ Naiste Varjupaik in Estonia and Associacao de Mulheres Contra a Violencia in Portugal. The Power to Change is a new European resource to help victims of domestic violence. It is a practical guide to running support groups and self-help groups with victims and survivors of domestic violence. Published November 2008.
Price: £10
Educational Toolkit - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
The Expect Respect Educational Toolkit consists of one easy to use ‘Core’ lesson for each year group from reception to year 13 and is based on themes that have been found to be effective in tackling domestic abuse. Published November 2008
Price: Free (only available as a download from website)
See also: Resources for children
Making The Links: disabled women and domestic violence
FREE TO DOWNLOAD
This report looks into the support available to disabled women experiencing violence in their own homes. It examines existing service provision, and identifies gaps in provision and associated support – highlighted both by service providers and by disabled women themselves. Published July 2008.
Price: £5 (for Summary of Findings and Recommendations for Good Practice)
Kidspeak Report & Executive Summary - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
This report focuses on the messages posted by children and young people on a secure messageboard run by Women's Aid during June and July 2007. The report highlights themes on what children and young people say about domestic violence and the changes they want in the future. Published November 2007.
Price: £5 (for a printed copy of the report)
Domestic Violence - a guide to civil remedies and criminal sanctions SOLD OUT
This guide published by Her Majesty's Court Service sets out the civil remedies and criminal sanctions available through the courts to victims of domestic violence, and includes the provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 in operation now. You can order a copy of this A4 guide for free from Ruth Willcocks (offers limited to one per order) or you can download it in a number of languages.
See also - leaflet on domestic abuse and your legal rights
Children’s welcome pack
Published 2003, updated 2007. This pack is aimed at children between the ages of 4 and 10 staying in refuges. Designed in bright colours with pictures and plenty of space to write and draw, the main idea behind the pack is to have fun. The pack includes messages for children about living in a refuge and the experience of having lived with domestic abuse. The pack deals with understanding what a refuge is, refuge rules, support, self-esteem building, keeping safe and hope for the future.
ISBN 0 907 817 51 3
Cost: £2.50
Domestic violence: Action for change (3rd Edition)
Authors: Gill Hague and Ellen Malos (2005)
Third edition of current general study of domestic violence issues, with a history of the refuge movement, a look at the issue of domestic violence and a comprehensive overview of the development of action to tackle it, including sections on changes in policing, law, housing and multi-agency initiatives.
ISBN: 1 873 797 06 0
Price: £16.00 (No discount available)
Struggle to survive: Challenges for delivering services on mental health, substance misuse and domestic violence
Author: Jackie Barron (2004)
A survey focusing on service provision for women who are experiencing domestic abuse and have mental health and/or substance use issues. The report identifies some of the gaps in services and highlights resources needed to improve services in the future. It looks at difficulties faced by women seeking help for substance misuse and mental health issues. ISBN: 0907817963
Price: £11 (£9.35)
Health and domestic violence: two years on: Survey 2002-2003
Author: Jackie Barron (2004)
Following on from the Health and domestic violence survey 2000, this survey aimed to investigate the change in the proportion of health service organisations having policies, protocols and guidelines relating to domestic violence issues. It documents current responses by health care professionals to domestic violence, and – as before - notes examples of good practice. ISBN: 0907 817 71 8
Price: £8 (£6.80)
29 Child Homicides: Lessons for domestic violence and child protection
Author: Hilary Saunders (2004)
This report is largely based on Serious Case Reviews into the deaths of 29 children (in 13 families) killed by their fathers as a result of contact and residence arrangements in England and Wales between 1994 and 2004. With regard to five of these families, Serious Case Reviews indicated that those children had been killed during court ordered contact. ISBN: 0907817076
Price: £8 (£6.80)
Failure to protect: Domestic violence and the experiences of abused women and children in the family courts
Author: Hilary Saunders with Jackie Barron (2003)
This report shows the results of a survey designed to find out if family court practice with regard to domestic violence and child contact had improved following the introduction of good practice guidelines in April 2001. It also looks at whether adequate risk assessments and safety measures are now in place. ISBN: 0907 817 86 6
Price: £11 (£9.35)
Women’s Aid model policies and procedures CD Rom
(2003)
A CD-Rom resource to help refuges meet the challenges of Supporting People and the Quality Assessment Framework. Policies and procedures are linked to Core and Supplementary Objectives and are designed to help agencies deliver quality standards in domestic violence services.
ISBN Number: 0 907 817 76 9
Price: £15
Safe and sound: Resource manual for working with children who have experienced domestic violence SOLD OUT
Authors: Hilary Saunders and Dr Cathy Humphreys (Eds.) (2002)
This guide focuses on every aspect of providing services for children who have experienced domestic violence, ranging from record keeping and safety planning, to group work, circle games and using art and IT. It also looks at disclosures of abuse, advocacy and child contact. It is aimed at children’s support workers in domestic violence services, but will be of interest to anyone working in this field including children’s charities and family centres. ISBN: 0907 817 16 5
Price: £25.00 (£21.25)
Professionals by experience: Guide to service user participation and consultation for domestic violence services
Authors: Gill Hague, Audrey Mullender and Rosemary Aris (2002)
This is a guide to developing consultation with domestic violence service users on policy development and service provision. It provides advice on how to consult with and involve women who have experienced domestic violence and makes suggestions for increasing the participation of domestic violence survivors in service and policy development. ISBN: 0907 817 26 2
Price: £7.00 (£5.95)
Routes to safety: Protection issues facing abused women and children and the role of outreach services
Authors: Dr. Cathy Humphries and Dr. Ravi Thiara (2002)
This report documents the experiences of women and children who have sought help from Women’s Aid outreach services. It reveals that domestic violence outreach services provide a critical lifeline to women and children, but are desperately under-funded. It highlights that although outreach services provide a vital service, responses from other agencies are still patchy. ISBN: 0907817211
Price: £19.00 (£16.15)
Women’s Aid child protection policy
Updated in May 2002, this publication outlines Women's Aid’s national policy on child protection.
Price: £5.00 (£4.25)
Five years on: A review of legal protection from domestic violence
Author: Jackie Barron (2002)
Over the last ten years, there have been a number of initiatives aimed at tackling domestic violence at both local and national level. This survey assesses the practical impact of recent legal and policy changes. Based on the views of those working within refuge organisations, outreach projects and advice centres who offer services to women and children experiencing or escaping from domestic violence. ISBN: 0907 817 31 9
Price: £7.00 (£5.95)
Starting over: Women and children’s experiences of domestic violence outreach services
Author: Dr Cathy Humphreys (2000)
A consultation with women and children using the Milton Keynes outreach service, as well as other local support agencies, as they embarked on new lives. The report documents their feelings and experiences and evaluates the project, making recommendations for future services.
ISBN: 0907 817 95 5
Price: £6 (£5.10)
Womanspeak: Findings of the Parliamentary Domestic Violence Internet Consultation
Authors: Jeanine Bossy and Stephen Coleman, The Hansard Society (2000)
The findings of a groundbreaking Internet-based consultation project involving survivors of domestic violence, co-ordinated by Women’s Aid, The Hansard Society and supported by The All Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic Violence. Survivors talked directly to MPs about their experiences and set out the agenda for “what women want”. ISBN: 0907 817 01 7
Price: £7 (£5.95)
Unreasonable fears? Child contact in the context of domestic violence: A survey of mother’s perception of harm
Authors: Dr Lorraine Radford, Sarah Sayer and Amica (1999)
An insight into the way courts deal with contact applications in cases of domestic violence under the Children Act 1989.
ISBN: 0907 817 85 8
Price: £15 (£12.75)
Strengthening diversity: Good practice in delivering domestic violence services to Black women and children
Authors: Dhanwant K Rai and Ravi K Thiara (1999)
A good practice guide designed to enable the development of appropriate refuge and support services for Black women and children experiencing domestic violence.
ISBN: 0 907 717 80 7
Price: £14 (£11.90)
Redefining spaces: The needs of Black women and children in refuge support services and Black workers in Women’s Aid
Authors: Dhanwant K Rai and Ravi K Thiara (1997)
A report on the experiences of Black women and children using refuge services in England: their feelings, needs and priority areas for development in refuges.
ISBN: 0 907 817 70 9
Price: £15 (£12.75)
Building blocks: A Women’s Aid guide to running refuge and support services
Author: Atuki Turner (ed) (1996)
Essential basic guide for all groups involved in planning, implementation and development of refuge projects.
ISBN: 0 907 817 60 2
Price: £19 (£16.15)
Children, domestic violence and refuges: A study of needs and responses
Authors: Gill Hague, Liz Kelly, Ellen Malos and Audrey Mullender with Thangam Debbonaire (1996)
Based on research into current provision for children in refuges in England, this report identifies how children’s work developed within the Women’s Aid services: how children live with domestic violence; connections with child abuse; how children deal with their experiences and methods of helping them.
ISBN: 0 908 817 65 3
Price: £17 (£14.45)
Breaking through
(1989)
The thoughts of a group of women with personal experience of male violence during a year when they met to share their experiences and responses. With cartoons and children’s drawings.
ISBN: 0 907 817 30 0
Price: £6 (£5.10)
“It hurts me too”
Authors: Alex Saunders with Gill Keep, Thangam Debbonaire & Jan Pahl (1989)
Compelling personal analysis of children’s experiences of domestic violence and refuge life.
ISBN: 0 907 817 55 6
Price: £8 (£6.80)
BOOKS & REPORTS FROM OTHER PUBLISHERS
Safe Learning
Authors: Jenny Mill and Diane Church (2006)
Published by Women's Aid and Save the Children
This guide offers practical advice to schools and refuges on how to support the education of children affected by domestic violence. More info.
ISBN: 978 1841 8710 97
Price: £9.95 (£1 plus p&p)
The hidden struggle
Author: Amina Mama (1996)
Study considering statutory and voluntary sector responses to violence against Black women in the home
ISBN: 1 861 77 005 7
Price: £18.00 (No discount available)
Children living with domestic violence
Authors: Audrey Mullender and Rebecca Morley (1996)
First British publication to consider the needs of children living with domestic violence, looking at links between child abuse and domestic violence.
ISBN: 1 871 177 72 3
Price: £20.00 (No discount available)
