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Wednesday, 03 January 2007

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David Mortimer

Are you aware the BV225 Domestic Violence definitions discriminate against male victims of domestic violence and their children ?

http://www.auditcommission.gov.uk/performance/Downloads/ACBestValuePerformanceindicators.pdf

Definition

2. 'Places' means the number of rooms providing bed spaces for a woman and her children. Rooms not normally designated, as bedrooms should not be counted towards the total. 'Refuge' means emergency accommodation for women and children who have been referred for help having experienced threats to their physical safety. It must provide help, advice and advocacy support as well as being part of an integrated local approach involving partnership with other local and statutory bodies. Calculate 'Local Authority population' using the latest ONS mid-year estimates.

7. A sanctuary type scheme must provide security measures to allow the woman to remain in her home where she chooses to do so, where safety can be guaranteed and the violent partner no longer lives within the home. It must be available across tenures where the landlord of a property has given permission for the work to be carried out. It must consist of additional security to any main entrance doors to the accommodation and locks to any vulnerable windows. Wherever possible it must provide a safe room in the home secured with a solid core door and additional locks. It is essential that this service is only provided where it is the clear choice of the victim. The scheme should be implemented through partnership with the police and/or the voluntary sector that could provide supplementary support. It may be provided directly by the local authority or through a third party funded as part of the local authority's homelessness prevention work through grants that may be available for crime reduction initiatives.

8. The indicator is met if there is a percentage reduction in homelessness acceptances due to domestic violence. Acceptances who were previously homeless in another local authority area should not be included. Reductions achieved in preventing repeat homelessness should be clearly linked to positive measures adopted to provide genuine alternatives for women to either remain in their own home or be placed in alternative accommodation, removing the need to become homeless. Alternative accommodation may be secured by arranging a reciprocal property with another social landlord, or a safe management transfer. Any options or measures to prevent repeat homelessness must only be taken with the full consent of the victim of domestic violence.

BEV

Agreed, the media coverage totally slants this in an inaccurate, sexist manner as usual...

But the truth is, women no inflict more DV than men now!

http://tinyurl.com/ysnwhb

BEV

^ Oops:

...women now inflict more DV than men...

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