Violence Against Women and Girls - Creating your approach

Course description

This training and consultancy package will equip the participating local authority to produce a well-structured and workable local violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy.

Three half-day sessions will equip participants with the tools and knowledge to produce a VAWG strategy, including the use of data, how to maximise survivor involvement and exploring diversity issues as a key element of creating an effective approach. Practical guidance will help participants to create an effective strategy by building upon existing strategies, incorporating existing work in the authority and encompassing survivors' views.

In addition to learning how to develop an effective VAWG strategy, participants will be supported to create a structured implementation plan. Participants will examine the key elements of implementation including, how to achieve buy-in from key members of staff, create the structures required for effective delivery and ensure that the work is monitored and evaluated.

As part of the package, AVA will work with the delegates to support the strategy development process and provide detailed feedback on the resulting VAWG strategy.

The commissioning local authority should select the appropriate member of staff, responsible for violence against women and girls work within the local area to attend the training course.

Learning objectives

to gain an understanding of all forms of violence against women and girls
to understand the legislative and policy context on which VAWG strategies can be based
to create a persuasive case to 'sell' the strategy to senior staff and decision makers
to share ideas about different structures, approaches and delivery mechanisms
to be able to implement the structures required for effective delivery of the strategy
to plan ways that the work will be monitored and evaluated
to create a robust violence against women and girls strategy.

Who should attend?

People who hold responsibility for developing a violence against women strategy for their local or area.

This package is charged at £250 per local authority (one delegate) for all three half-day sessions plus a critical read and edit of the resulting strategy.

This course is only run as an open training and is restricted to a maximum of six delegates to ensure a high degree of personal attention. For dates of the next course, please see here.

National Occupation Standards

This course will help develop the skills and knowledge to support the following National Occupational Standards (NOS) - for more information about NOS click here.

Preventing and Tackling Domestic Sexual Abuse and Violence NOS:

BH202 Challenge public attitudes towards domestic and/or sexual abuse/violence

BG101 Investigate requirements for services relating to tackling domestic and/or sexual abuse/violence

BG201 Develop and implement a strategy for tackling domestic and/or sexual abuse/violence

BG202 Influence and support the development of strategy for tackling domestic and/or sexual abuse/violence

HG101 Manage political relationships and lobby for influence