Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Strategy
The quality of couple and family relationships is fundamental to our wellbeing as individuals and as a community. The past thirty years have seen a societal change in attitude towards understanding and tackling domestic abuse and it is now at the forefront of community safety and child protection agendas locally and nationally. Oxfordshire has long placed a priority on addressing abuse within relationships, to promoting the safety and welfare of all those affected, and to holding those responsible to account.
The Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group (ODASG) Strategy
The strategy has four core objectives:
- Prevention: raising awareness of the impact of domestic abuse on adults and children and fostering healthy couple and family relationships
- Early intervention: promoting early disclosure of abuse and safe response
- Effective support: developing dedicated services and a range of resources which can be accessed by all parts of our community
- Risk management and enforcement: implementing excellent risk management and civil and criminal justice processes
- Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Strategy 2009/2012 (pdf format, 1.1Mb)
2011/12 is the third and final year of Oxfordshire’s multi agency Domestic Abuse Strategy 2009/12. It comprises an integrated approach to prevention, early intervention, risk management and ongoing support incorporating victim, child and perpetrator. The strategy will be reviewed and updated for 2013 onwards.
Help lines
- National helpline
(24 hrs)
0808 2000 247 - Oxfordshire domestic abuse helpline
0800 731 0055 - Police
(non emergency)
101 - Victim support
0845 450 3883 - Kiran Asian
women’s aid
0208 558 1986 - Men's advice line
0808 801 0327 - Broken Rainbow
(LGBT)
020 8539 9507 - Elder abuse
0808 808 8141 - Childline
0800 1111
