Blog Article | 1 July 2016

AVA’s Training Programme for Practitioners

Are you a practitioner working with people affected by Violence Against Women and Girls?

AVA's Training Programme for Practitioners Our campaign partner AVA has a training programme including one day courses,  longer OCN accredited courses, seminars and conferences.

Upcoming training:

22nd July 2016Community Groups Programme (3-day training)

Development House, London

Community Group programmes are for children, young people & their mothers who have experienced domestic violence. This 3-day training course is for practitioners to train to become Community Group coordinators.

14th September 2016Parenting post-abuse

Development House, London

A trauma informed approach to supporting families post abuse and the the impacts of abuse on parenting, children and the parent-child relationship.

21st September 2016Complicated matters: The links between experiences of domestic & sexual violence, substance use & mental ill-health

Development House, London

This training is designed to raise awareness about how domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health intersect and offer effective ways to engage with individuals and families who are affected by these issues.

4th October 2016 | Getting to grips with coercive control

Development House, London

Aims to provide delegates with information about coercive control as a form of abuse and the new offence of coercive control created as part of the serious crime bill.

View more of AVA’s upcoming training sessions on their website.

What is AVA? 

Learn more about AVA and the work they do on our blog.


Interested in becoming a partner of UK SAYS NO MORE?

Please get in touch with Lyndsey Dearlove, Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Partnership Manager at Hestia.

You can contact Lyndsey by email at [email protected] or by phone at 020 7378 3170.

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