{"id":6564,"date":"2015-11-11T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/?page_id=6564"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:45:54","slug":"change-that-lasts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Change That Lasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6564\" class=\"elementor elementor-6564\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e291d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9e291d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c162ca2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c162ca2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c61eb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c61eb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Change That Lasts<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f164a5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f164a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>This is our plan for a future where all survivors get the right response to domestic abuse the very first time.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e688f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63e688f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a67b6f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a67b6f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Change-that-Lasts-Logo-01.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37337\" alt=\"Change that lasts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Change-that-Lasts-Logo-01.png 460w, https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Change-that-Lasts-Logo-01-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e27badf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e27badf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-488ba6f\" data-id=\"488ba6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f834a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12f834a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For many women, when they first disclose they are experiencing domestic abuse no one listens to them. No one consults them about how to stop the abuse, despite the fact that no one knows the abuser better than they do.<\/p>\n<p>Often women who disclose abuse are assessed by domestic abuse professionals for risk, and then divided into categories. Those at \u201cstandard\u201d or \u201cmedium\u201d risk are left to fend for themselves, or offered an hour of counselling a week with little support to escape their abuser.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, many women struggle to escape the abuse permanently, build their independence and get their lives back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5299a3b0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5299a3b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-465db297\" data-id=\"465db297\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60637117 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"60637117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Change That Lasts\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur experience has taught us <a href=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/about-change-that-lasts\/\/\">there is a better way to tackle domestic abuse<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0afb9b elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"3a0afb9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-users\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAsk Me\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSurvivors can fear speaking out because of  how their community may respond. We are changing this through our \n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/askme\/\">Change That Lasts Ask Me scheme.<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d0a9a31\" data-id=\"3d0a9a31\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9794b3 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"5b9794b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-question-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy Change That Lasts?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSurvivors are not being believed or responded to appropriately.\n<a href=https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/about-change-that-lasts\/why-change-that-lasts\/\">This is why we need a new model<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d9ca54 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"36d9ca54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-clinic-medical\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrusted professional \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAimed at front-line practitioners who are likely to be in contact with survivors of domestic abuse,\n<a href=https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/trusted-professionals-scheme\/\/\">the Trusted Professional scheme provides a practical toolkit to support needs-led conversations.<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61c89dbf\" data-id=\"61c89dbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c50786e elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"5c50786e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-cogs\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur projects\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWith thanks to generous support, Change That Lasts is currently piloting across the country.\n\n<a href=https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/about-change-that-lasts\/our-projects\/\">Find out where<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c0f389 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"30c0f389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-comments\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpert voices \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpert Voices builds upon the emerging evidence from a pilot delivered by My Sisters Place. The ultimate aim of \n\n<a href=https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/change-that-lasts\/expert-voices\/\">Expert Voices is to support survivors to achieve independence<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47dcb54a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47dcb54a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c51620c\" data-id=\"1c51620c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78253ea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78253ea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Creating <strong>Change That Lasts<\/strong><\/h2><div><p>Our decades of experience working with survivors, and the evidence of research, have taught us a better way.\u00a0<strong>By listening to women we can provide help earlier and make sure its effects actually last.<\/strong><\/p><p>Change That Lasts is an approach that places the survivor at the heart and builds responses around her needs and the strengths and resources available to her.<\/p><p>Too often this approach is considered too complicated and too expensive.\u00a0<strong>So to make it clearer, we have created an infographic to represent a woman\u2019s journey and the journey she could have taken.\u00a0<\/strong>This illustrates the enormous cost, in human and financial terms, of not listening to women and responding to their needs.<\/p><p>We\u2019re going to keep advocating for a response to domestic abuse that has women at its centre. We are consulting with our membership on a cross-sector approach to domestic abuse that truly has the needs of survivors at its heart.<\/p><p><strong>Safeguarding Adult Review \u2013 a call to build Change That Lasts<\/strong><\/p><p>The below is a condensation of a complex and lengthy Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR). The names of both parties have been disguised and elements of the story condensed to protect the confidentiality and identity of Tracy\u2019s family.<\/p><p>You\u2019ll notice how Tracy used public and voluntary sector services, many times, and how each missed vital opportunities to understand Tracy\u2019s situation. Many professionals lacked the training and skills to understand the patterns of control and manipulation exerted by Tracy\u2019s husband. This SAR shows clearly how a narrow understanding of domestic abuse as \u2018physical violence\u2019 hides the range of a perpetrator\u2019s behaviour, which includes emotional abuse, coercive control and financial and economic abuse. The lack of awareness of how \u2018coercive control\u2019 is a central part of domestic abuse contributed to Tracy\u2019s isolation and worked against her attempts at seeking help. This was exacerbated by \u2018victim-blaming\u2019 from communities and professionals.<\/p><p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p><p>Tracy is a lifetime resident of Sunderland. She has been married for over 40 years. Now retired, Tracy was an active trade union member and official and still has strong family and community networks. She manages an enduring mental health condition with anti-psychotic medication and has good relationships with her GP and Community Psychiatric Nurse. Tracy regularly sees her family GP for blood tests, medication reviews and other routine appointments. After many years, she asks her family GP for help around the controlling behaviour of her husband, which she thinks is impacting on her ability to manage her mental health because of his surveillance and constant monitoring tactics.<\/p><p><strong>We believe that there were significant \u2018missed opportunities\u2019 to make the behaviour of the perpetrator visible and offer Tracy a strengths-based, needs-led approach that would have helped build Space for Action.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-411c5e82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"411c5e82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f75515\" data-id=\"9f75515\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b51afb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b51afb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB-1024x724.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-43953\" alt=\"Tracy&#039;s journey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB-1536x1085.png 1536w, https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB-600x424.png 600w, https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracys-Journey-RGB.png 1684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change That Lasts This is our plan for a future where all survivors get the right response to domestic abuse the very first time. For many women, when they first disclose they are experiencing domestic abuse no one listens to them. 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