Janine Mundy

The J9 Domestic Abuse Initiative was set up and named in the memory of Janine Mundy who was killed by her estranged husband. 

The initiative was started by her family and the local police in Cambourne, Cornwall, where she lived and aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse and assist victims to seek the help they so desperately need at the earliest opportunity.

Janine used to sign her text messages off with the signature, J9, hence the initiative’s namesake.

Alpha Vesta have written and launched an updated J9 awareness session and developed an Accredited Safe Space model which is now being funded through a number of different avenues across the County of Essex, including Community Safety Partnerships, SETDAB, an OPFCC Community Safety Grant and Essex County Council.

The awareness session has been designed to;

  1. Help you build an awareness and understanding of what we mean by ‘domestic abuse’.
  2. To provide you with the tools and resources to recognise the signs.
  3. To build confidence so that you can feel comfortable to point someone in the direction of specialist support services information.
  4. Establish Safe Spaces within our community so that the J9 logo is publicly recognised as providing a place to access support information in this location.
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INDIVIDUALS:

Anyone can attend the free one hour session to help build an awareness and understanding of domestic abuse.  Those that complete the full session will receive a post course email with supporting resources and the opportunity to request a certificate of attendance.  We also provide the opportunity to join our online J9 Network that meet quarterly to share good practice, insight and feedback into the local response to the initiative.

The session itself has been designed to help recognise, respond and refer anyone that may be experiencing domestic abuse at the earliest opportunity. This is not about trying to fix this or attempting to take on the role of a specialist support worker, but to encourage someone to access support themselves by showing them you understand and what advice, help and support is out there.

Please book one of our monthly J9 sessions here.

 

 

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BUSINESSES, ORGANISATIONS & Groups

The J9 initiative within Essex is also aimed at public and customer facing groups, businesses and organisations who are ideally placed to provide ‘Safe Spaces within our communities. This could be a local coffee shop, retailer, library, sports or leisure facility, food bank, salon, pre-school, the list goes on, but it is through the connection with local residents and families that provides us with the opportunity to support everyone’s basic human right to live a life without abuse and to be able to seek help at the earliest opportunity should they need to.

To become a fully accredited J9 Essex Safe Space, at least two thirds of your team will need to complete the one hour session. Alpha Vesta will then arrange to visit your premises to deliver in person your J9 Safe Space Toolkit which includes window sticker and pin badges.  As with any individual that completes the session, a post course email will be shared with supporting resources providing the opportunity to request a certificate of attendance or join our J9 Quarterly Networking Meeting.

Please share and encourage colleagues to book one of our monthly J9 sessions or alternatively depending on the size of your organisation we can offer private J9 sessions.  Please contact us via email j9essex@alphavesta.com if you have any questions or would like to discuss this further.

SETDAB

Lucy Whittaker and Alpha Vesta have been an active member of SETDAB since 2019.  The Southend, Essex and Thurrock Domestic Abuse Board (SETDAB) is made up of representatives from agencies and organisations working to join up and better facilitate Southend, Essex and Thurrock’s vision to work together to enable everyone to live a life free from all forms of domestic abuse. The Board is responsible for designing and implementing the Domestic Abuse Strategy across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. SETDAB provides strategic leadership to address domestic abuse by providing a multi-agency framework, common ethos and co-ordinated approach to innovate, drive change and address domestic abuse. 

If you require access to support services as a victim, perpetrator or professional, please access the ‘Get Support Now’ via the SETDAB website.

Contact Us

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Lottery Community Fund
brentwood Chamber
Essex Partnership
Police, fire and crime commissioner for essex
Essex Community Foundation

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