breaking the cycle of domestic abuse

Every-day hundreds, thousands even of individuals and families are impacted by domestic abuse. The social and economic costs amount to an astonishing £66 billion per year. 

We see this on the ground, across our communities, workplaces, schools and statutory services.  Lives destroyed, futures impaired, prospects and confidence shattered.  We know this because our Founder, Lucy Whittaker, spent many years working as a Complex Caseworker in the field of domestic abuse where she also specialised in child protection.  This frontline work was combined with university studies in social sciences, criminology and psychology.  This experience and academic study ensures we understand both the lived experience of domestic abuse but also many of the complex systems, manpower and interventions that are designed to respond to it – sometimes in vain or with little sustainable changes ever being made. And so the cycle repeats.

Our vision at Alpha Vesta is to reduce the social and economic costs of domestic abuse across our communities by ‘breaking the cycle’ and ‘preventing crisis’  for anyone impacted by it.  Many people across our communities don’t really even know what domestic abuse is, what it incorporates, what the impacts are.

We deliver on our vision with our mission to engage, educate and empower communities and workforces to recognise the early indicators, respond effectively and create safe spaces for adults or children affected to reach out at the earliest point – preventing that crisis, when successful, sustainable changes can be made, where we can actually break that cycle.

Since 2019, we have grown our range of fully-funded, bespoke and CPD accredited online and face to face training courses.  We continue to work with statutory agencies, local authorities, private employers and community organisations to increase their understanding and response to domestic abuse through improving their own workforce culture and understanding around it.

We have created a Community Advocate Scheme as well as a Survivor and Insight Network who support and enhance our work across the Community. 

Together, if we can reach people sooner, we can break that cycle. Offer safe spaces, opportunities and support to those earlier in their journey changes lives, it even saves lives.

Importantly, we have been supported by London Law firm, Hogan Lovells (HL BaSE) throughout our incorporation and creation as a Community Interest Company (CIC).  Being a CIC means any profits are channeled back into supporting community projects and providing preventative and early intervention training and support. This includes subsidised or free Alpha Vesta training for organisations and agencies unable to fund it themselves.

Please contact us for an initial consultation and details of all our awareness and training packages.