Stella Project
Our objectives
As the leading agency addressing the overlapping issues of
domestic and sexual violence, drug and alcohol use and mental
health, the Stella Project works for positive, sustained
improvement in the way services are delivered to survivors, their
children and perpetrators.
About the Stella Project
The Stella Project started as a partnership between the Greater
London Domestic Violence Project (GLDVP) and the Greater London
Alcohol and Drug Alliance (GLADA) in 2003. The Greater London
Alcohol and Drug Alliance (GLADA), established by the Mayor of
London in 2002, is a strategic network of organisations and
agencies concerned with the problems caused by drugs and alcohol in
London.
During 2002, discussions between GLDVP and GLADA identified gaps
in the current service provision for both survivors and
perpetrators of domestic violence who are problematic substance
users. GLDVP and GLADA therefore decided to create the Stella
Project in order to find positive and creative ways to work towards
more inclusive service provision.
In 2010 as the GLDVP made steps to incorporate wider forms of
violence against women and girls into its new remit of AVA, the
Stella Project decided to incorporate sexual violence into the
scope of its work. This was in recognition of the level of sexual
violence experienced by women in particular who access drug and
alcohol treatment services and in recognition of the research
highlighting drug and alcohol use as coping mechanisms for
experiences of trauma.
