Requests for Help and Support

Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) is both a form of discrimination and violation of human rights. These include the following:

• Domestic violence and abuse
• Coercive and controlling behaviour
• Financial abuse
• Sexual violence including rape
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
• Forced marriage
• Crimes in the name of “honour”
• Stalking
• Prostitution and trafficking
• Sexual exploitation
• Girls and gang violence

If you are experiencing any form of violence, abuse or intimidation, don't suffer in silence. Our help page has information on what to do if you are suffering any of these forms of abuse, or are concerned about someone you know or someone in your community. Men and boys can also be victims and there are services that will help them.

Islington's directory of domestic and sexual violence services.

Islington Council invested an additional £2million funding from April 2020 to tackle Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) over the next three years. This is supporting an ambitious programme of service transformation to increase services and support to vulnerable victims and families and support behaviour change in people using violence in their relationships. The VAWG and Youth Safety service in the council is working with colleagues and organisations across the local partnership providing training and case consultations to deliver a new VAWG practice model that focuses on four key objectives:

1. Engaging men who use violence and abuse- Islington's Councils effort to do this more in Keel came from identifying a significant gap in services engaging with men to address their abusive behaviour
   
   
2. Safety planning, recovery and repair for children- Supporting all services to recognise and keep in mind the impact of domestic abuse on children
   
   
3. Supporting victims – moving away from ‘failure to protect’ - Shifting the focus from “Why didn’t she leave?” to “Why didn’t he stop?” and recognising the impact of coercive control on victims
   
   
4. Developing a community response to domestic abuse- Supporting different agencies to work together, align practice and share the same goals – domestic abuse is not only the responsibility of police or children’s services

If you would like to find out more please contact the VAWG Workforce and Practice development team on VAWG@islington.gov.uk.

To access VAWG training for the ISCP register via MyLearning