Breaking The Cycle Monthly Update – January 2023
Lucy’s Update Welcome to our January Newsletter January sees all of our Core Training Sessions updated in line with new data released by the ONS in November 2022. Even if you have done our Core Sessions before, they do provide a great refresher if you would like to keep up to date with new data […]
Breaking The Cycle Monthly Update – December 2022
Lucy’s Update I cannot believe that I am sitting here writing the introduction for our December Newsletter! Where has the year gone? November has been incredibly busy with both Safeguarding Adults Week and the 16 Days of Action. I spoke at Essex Partnership University Trust for Safeguarding Adults week and at the NCDV Conference during the 16 days of Action […]
Breaking The Cycle Monthly Update – November 2022
Lucy’s Update Welcome to our November edition of ‘Breaking the Cycle’. The ’16 Days of Action’ against gender-based violence begins on 25th November. Although the roots of the campaign reside in highlighting the nature and prevalence of gender-based violence against women, Alpha Vesta’s mission is to ‘break the cycle of domestic abuse’ regardless of gender or sexuality. […]
Breaking The Cycle Monthly Update – October 2022
Lucy’s Update Welcome to our October update. September seems like a distant memory and the beginning of October has flown by! The Alpha Vesta Team have continued to be busy running our public training programme as well as direct work with Employers, building policies and procedures around domestic abuse as well as creating and delivering […]
Breaking The Cycle Monthly Update – September 2022
Lucy’s Update We hope you have had a good summer and welcome to our September Newsletter! Despite not running any public training sessions throughout August, we have been very busy working directly with a number of employers and workforces as well as reviewing current training sessions and new legislation. We work really hard to make […]
Breaking The Cycle Monthly Update – July 2022
Lucy’s Update Last month I was delighted to support ‘This Week in FM’ in their article around women contractors working within Women’s Refuges and the production of a database of female contractors to support this. Whilst the segregation of women and men isn’t a long-term solution to breaking the cycle of domestic abuse, the majority […]
Breaking The Cycle Newsletter – June 2022
Lucy’s Update We hope you had a lovely long bank holiday weekend as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. Welcome to our June Newsletter! Community Advocate Scheme This month, we are delighted to launch our Community Advocate Scheme which you can find out more about on our website www.alphavesta.com/community-advocate Our Community Advocate Scheme is a free […]
Breaking The Cycle Newsletter – May 2022
Lucy’s Update We have had another incredibly busy month at Alpha Vesta with the launch of a brand new pilot project in partnership with The Department of Work and Pensions, the release of our survey on Male Culture around Domestic Abuse run by our Survivors Symposium as well as our new evening training sessions. The […]
Breaking The Cycle Newsletter – March 2022
Lucy’s Update The New Year has got off to a very busy start here at Alpha Vesta. We began training again on 4th January, where sessions were already fully booked. Our two newest team members, Julie and Caroline have settled into their roles beautifully and we will be introducing them both to you in the […]
Breaking The Cycle Newsletter – April 2022
Lucy’s Update The early Spring sunshine that we recently experienced certainly gave everyone a boost (we hope it comes back soon!). The Alpha Vesta Team have had a very busy March working with different employers, conducting workplace culture reviews as well as producing new resources and consulting on domestic abuse policies. International Women’s Day I […]