Chorley and South Ribble Domestic Forum Mission Statement
Mission Statement
The Forum is committed to tackling domestic abuse with regards to survivor safety, abuser accountability, challenging societal attitudes and preventative work.
Purpose
The purpose of the Chorley & South Ribble Domestic Abuse Forum is to provide a mechanism by which discussions can take place to develop the local response to domestic abuse. In particular, to implement and evaluate the aims from the Chorley & South Ribble Domestic Abuse Strategy:
• To increase safe choices and quality of support for those, predominantly women and children, experiencing domestic abuse.
• To hold abusers, predominantly men, individually and collectively, accountable for their behaviour.
• To challenge those societal attitudes which promote or collude with domestic abuse.
• Provide children and young people with the motivation and skills needed to develop non-abusive and respectful relationships.
Domestic Abuse Strategy 2005 -2008
The Chorley & South Ribble Domestic Abuse Strategy was launched in June 2005 at the Woodlands Centre Chorley.
Pillar to Post Project 2004
The Chorley & South Ribble Domestic Abuse Fora was one of 120 groups selected from across the country to carry out a needs assessment project in the local community.
Women Speak Out report
The following report has been created by editing quotations from transcripts of local women talking about their experiences of being survivors or victims of domestic abuse from their partners who they are, or where, in intimate relationships.
Young Peoples Attitude Survey 2006
‘What do they think'?
“I think that domestic violence needs to be stopped and they need to respect their loved ones.”
Quote from one youthful contributor in the Chorley and South Ribble Young people's attitude survey
Domestic Abuse women speak out
