New Safe Lives, Strong Communities strategy launched

Devon partners have come together to launch Safe Lives, Strong Communities, a new multi‑agency strategy to prevent and respond to interpersonal and gender‑based violence and abuse. The strategy sets out a shared vision and coordinated approach to creating safer lives and stronger communities across Devon.

A public-facing overview of the strategy is available on the Safer Devon website, while the full suite of strategy documents is available here. Alternatively, you can access each section below.

• • Part 1: Strategy
    Safe Lives, Strong Communities – Devon’s Interpersonal and Gender‑Based Violence and Abuse Strategy
  • Part 2: Delivery Plan
    Year 1 Delivery Plan with actions from partners listed under each priority
  • Part 3: Learning Framework
    Outlines a step-by-step, reflective, learning approach to understanding change, observing emerging impacts, discussing with partners and people with lived experience, adapting delivery, and amplifying what works
  • Part 4: Legislation and Policy
    Includes relevant policy and legislation that the strategy responds to and links with
  • Part 5: Human Learning Systems
    Provides an overview and further reading to deepen understanding of what the Human Learning System approach is

There is also a video overview and a PowerPoint presentation for partners to help introduce staff to the strategy. We encourage you to share the strategy within you teams, boards and networks and champion the strategy within your organisation’s policies and practice.

Once you have shared the strategy with your team or service, please take a moment to submit this form so we can build a shared vision of how individuals, teams and services are playing their part in achieving the strategy’s goals.

Please email domesticabuselocalpartnership-mailbox@devon.gov.uk if you would like to discuss the strategy further or how your organisation can support its delivery.