{"id":4467,"date":"2020-03-25T21:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T20:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?page_id=4467"},"modified":"2020-06-13T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T13:18:17","slug":"domestic-abuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/our-work\/domestic-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S I Lichfield and District works in partnership with Pathway Project, West Midlands Police, Staffordshire Police, and Staffordshire Police &amp; Crime Commissioner, in a wide range of projects covered by the complex area of \u201cDomestic Abuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The UK government defines domestic abuse as:<\/strong> \u201c<em>any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been intimate partners, or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality. This can encompass, but is not limited to, the following types of abuse: psychological, physical, sexual, financial and emotional.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coercive control, honour-based abuse and forced marriage are also included.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the projects in which we are proactive are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distributing <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2019\/07\/17\/a-driving-force-in-domestic-abuse-safeguarding\/\">safeguarding packs<\/a> to vulnerable women via local driving instructors in Lichfield &amp; Tamworth<\/li>\n<li>Working with young men (16-18 years) via local sports clubs on what constitutes <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2019\/10\/27\/healthy-relationships-and-keeping-safe-online\/\">healthy relationships<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Providing practical support and donations to <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2019\/10\/20\/planters-for-pathway-project\/\">Pathway Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Collecting for and packing kids\u2019 bags for <a href=\"https:\/\/buddybagfoundation.co.uk\">The Buddy Bag Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Holding a day-long <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2018\/11\/18\/domestic-abuse-workshop-friendship-links-partnership-working\/\">Domestic Violence Workshop<\/a> for local partners, Soroptimist clubs and interested parties<\/li>\n<li>Acting as <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2020\/05\/12\/specialist-domestic-violence-courts-how-special-are-they\/\">observers in specialist domestic violence courts<\/a> as part of a nationwide Soroptimist project instigated by Victims\u2019 Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC, herself a Soroptimist<\/li>\n<li>Raising awareness locally in various ways such as our 2018 World Cup Beer Mat Campaign, and along with our German Friendship Link Club S I Kaarst, on their <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2019\/12\/07\/silent-march-against-gender-based-violence\/\">\u201cOrange The World\u201d Campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The breadth of this subject offers many ways in which Club members can be involved \u2013 directly or indirectly \u2013 as this is a key and ongoing theme of the organisation as a whole, enabling us to work locally at our own club level and with clubs in Tamworth and Burton-on-Trent; and at regional, national and international level.<\/p>\n<p>If this is a subject you care about, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/contact-us\/\">come along and see what we do<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S I Lichfield and District works in partnership with Pathway Project, West Midlands Police, Staffordshire&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4456,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4467","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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