Gateway pledges to Make A Stand
Gateway Housing Association has proudly pledged support to the Make a Stand campaign that was launched this month.
The Make a Stand pledge was developed by CIH in partnership with the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) and Women’s Aid to tackle domestic abuse.
Millions of people experience domestic abuse every year and two women are killed by their partner or ex-partner every week.
This is the start of a commitment for us to go over and beyond our duty of care to protect the people in our homes and we hope to make a difference to those who are experiencing domestic abuse to come forward and get support.
We have pledged to put in place four actions to support people who are experiencing domestic abuse which are:
- To put in place and embed a policy to support residents who are experiencing domestic abuse
- To make information about national and local domestic abuse support services available on your website and in other places which are easily accessible to residents and staff
- To put in place a HR policy and procedure on domestic abuse, or to incorporate this into an existing policy, to support members of staff who are experiencing domestic abuse
- Appoint a champion in your organisation to own the activity you are doing to support people experiencing domestic abuse.