Victims’ Voice Durham CIC

Professional Services


Training for Professionals

We design and deliver training workshops and packages for statutory organisations and non-statutory businesses across County Durham and the northeast of England. We have standard packages or can design and deliver bespoke training packages to suit the needs of your organisation.

We can travel to your venue or deliver online training over a half day or a full day.

Please get in touch for more information by dropping us an email, to:

victimsvoicedurham@gmail.com

”The lack of training professionals receive on domestic abuse can be tolerated no longer. The absence of compulsory domestic abuse training for social workers is a huge problem, impacting the identification and response to child victims, and the confidence of the workforce to provide support”.

Domestic Abuse Commissioner Dame Nicole Jacobs, Victims in their own right? Babies, children and young people’s experience of domestic abuse, p. 22.

19.3%

County Durham

18%

Northeast

16.2%

England and Wales

Police reported domestic abuse related crimes in County Durham are higher than the north east region and England & Wales.

Office for National Statistics (ONS), released 24 November 2023, ONS website, article, Domestic abuse victim characteristics, England and Wales: year ending March 2023Percentage of all crimes that were domestic abuse related (year ending March 2023).

”The cost of inaction is one this country can no longer afford”.

Joint letter with Victims’ Commissioner to Prime Minister, June 2025