London Councils and Comic Relief to offer free workshops to housing providers across the U.K. on the 8 priority standard
Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) is a partnership between three agencies; Standing Together Against Domestic Violence (STADV), Peabody and Gentoo. DAHA’s mission is to improve the housing sector’s response to domestic abuse through the introduction and adoption of an established set of standards and an accreditation process. DAHA have been recognised by the Home Office for their work on a national level and have received funding from London Councils and Comic Relief to offer free workshops to housing providers across the U.K. on the 8 priority standards they have developed including; policy & procedure, inclusivity & accessibility, partnership working and holding perpetrators to account. Two workshops are taking place at The Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil on 10th and 11th May 2018 for Housing Providers working across Wales. To book your place at one of our workshops please complete our online booking form These workshops are targeted at senior managers within Housing Provider organisations who can make positive changes within their organisation. The workshops will offer an opportunity on how to implement award winning best practice & guidance into Housing Provider’s processes, learn about DAHA’s accreditation procedure including new online toolkit & resource centre and how housing providers can benefit from the free dedicated business support we offer. To find out more about the DAHA Accreditation, please click here. We all need to improve our response to domestic violence and we can all learn a lot from the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance. Join Merthyr Valleys Homes at the Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil on the 10th and 11th May 2018. Some of the benefits for Housing Providers: -
Increase confidence of frontline workers to identify domestic abuse & easily report it
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Learn about the costs of domestic abuse on Housing sector and providers
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Work on homelessness prevention and tenancy sustainment
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Decrease associated anti-social behaviour & noise nuisance cases
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Boost 3 R’s (Rent/Repairs/Relets) – less financial abuse, less perpetrator damage, less managed moves
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Quicker case resolution time
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Building response for staff into HR policy and procedure
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Proven increase in customer satisfaction
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Saving lives – on average 2 women a week are murdered in England and Wales
To find out more information and to receive updates please contact our Regional Development Manager: Phil Azu:
[email protected]
Workshops hosted by Merthyr Valleys Homes
