The online launch of our new report: "Commissioning for inclusion: Delivering services for LGBT+ survivors of domestic abuse" is fast approaching. If you plan to attend, please register to ensure your place. The Zoom link with the log-in details will be sent an hour before the event to all registered delegates. Please join us at the online launch event on November 19th, 2020 10:30am – 12:15pm, register here.
We hope that the guidance can be used to facilitate an dialogue at a local, regional and national level on how commissioners, service providers, policymakers and the government can work individually and collectively to better meet the needs of LGBT+ survivors within commissioning and procurement activity, as well as service provision.
Please contact Dr. Jasna Magić, research and policy development at Galop, for any questions on this event. (jasna@galop.org.uk) Provisional agenda: - 10:30 – 10:40: Welcome and introduction
- 10:40 – 11:00: Headline addresses:
- Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner
- Lynne Abrams, Head of the Interpersonal Violence Unit, Home Office
- 11:00 – 11:30: Presentation of key findings: Meghan Field and James Rowlands (authors)
- 11:30 –12:15: Panel discussion on the role and value of LGBT+ services in addressing domestic abuse and the need for commissioners to respond to the gaps in current commissioning practices.
Confirmed panel speakers: - Meghan Field, Director, Advance Charity
- James Rowlands, Independent Consultant
- Peter Kelley, Head of Domestic Abuse Service, Galop
- Prof. Catherine Donovan, Durham University
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