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NEW! Children’s Welcome Pack - Third Edition (2011)
The Children’s Welcome Pack is a unique and invaluable resource for any refuge or children’s worker to use with young survivors of domestic violence. This third edition has been updated and split into three separate packs aimed at different age groups, and each one is free to download. 2007 editions are still available to buy (cost: £2.50).
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A4 poster
THEME: HIDEOUT WEBSITE, CHILDREN - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
Text: Ever feel scared of going home?
Worried about yourself or one of your parents?
For help and information about domestic abuse go to www.thehideout.org.uk
Price: FREE (+ postage & staff costs)
A4 poster
THEME: HIDEOUT WEBSITE, YOUNG PEOPLE - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
Text: Frightened by someone you are dating?
Worried about violence at home?
For help and information on domestic abuse go to www.thehideout.org.uk
Price: FREE (+ postage & staff costs)
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 2008. The Toolkit is only available to download and cannot be purchased from Women's Aid. Published November 2008.
Price: Free (only available as a download from website)
Expect Respect A5 Leaflet - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
A leaflet for children and young people about healthy relationships, showing respect to others and what to do if you are experiencing abuse. You can download for free from our website, or order a print version. If you require a different quantities/combination of Expect Respect resources than currently listed on order form, please email Ruth Willcocks. Published 2007.
Price: FREE (+ postage & staff costs)
Wallet sized Hideout card
This card gives the numbers of helplines to call if a child is experiencing domestic violence. Please contact Ruth Willcocks for the cost of postage on different sized orders. Published 2007.
Price: FREE (+ postage & staff costs)
Chatterbox game for children - DOWNLOAD ONLY
A “chatterbox” game for younger children who have experienced or witnessed domestic violence, which suggests ways to deal with emotions. This product cannot be purchased. It is only available as a download. Published 2007.
Price: FREE (only available as a download from website)
Online refuge poster - FREE TO DOWNLOAD
A poster publicising the online interactive refuge for children and young people which is available on The Hideout website.
Price: FREE (only available as a download from website)
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)
A5 LEAFLET: Domestic Violence - the risks to Children
Leaflet explains what domestic violence is and the risks to children, including tackling myths such as "My children don't know about the violence" and "My partner is only violent to me - he never harms my children".
Price: 40p per leaflet
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)
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)
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)
Women’s Aid child protection policy
(2002)
Updated in May 2002, this publication outlines Women's Aid’s national policy on child protection.
Price: £5.00 (£4.25)
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)
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. This book is published by
ISBN: 1 871 177 72 3
Price: £20.00 (No discount available)
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)
“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)
