Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse

We bring local services together to keep people safe. Most public services weren't designed with domestic abuse in mind, and they often struggle to keep people safe. Poor communication and gaps between services put survivors at risk. Standing Together aims to end domestic abuse by changing how local areas respond to it. We do this through an approach that we pioneered, called the Coordinated Community Response (CCR). The Coordinated Community Response brings services together to ensure local systems truly keep survivors safe, hold abusers to account, and prevent domestic abuse. Our model of a coordinated local partnership to tackle and ultimately prevent domestic abuse is now widely accepted as best practice. Our aims We use our experience and expertise to advise and support organisations and local authority areas to introduce, strengthen, or develop the Coordinated Community Response in their area. We work with communities to bring together all the different local agencies playing a part in tackling abuse, from prevention to prosecution and beyond. We help them to coordinate their activities, review their performance, identify gaps, and support them to improve. Our Impact Over the years, we have influenced the national and local governments to ensure a better response to domestic abuse. As a result, significant and positive changes have occurred in the provision of services and policies aimed at reducing the risk of domestic abuse.