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Ahead of the General Election this week, charity Respect have published a manifesto laying out the actions that will need to be taken by the new government to make real progress in tackling domestic abuse. At Hampton Trust, we agree with all its key asks: more and better funding for...

A call to action for all frontline services Chantal Hughes, CEO of Hampton Trust In the UK, millions of violence, abuse and harassment crimes against women and girls are recorded each year. Domestic abuse constitutes 15% of police-recorded crime with 1.6 million estimated female victims in the year ending March...

At the beginning of 2023, the Home Office provided funding to Police and Crime Commissioners to increase the availability of perpetrator intervention schemes in their areas. Whilst this is a necessary and welcome step, we believe that prevention and intervention has to start even earlier – before a perpetrator becomes...

Domestic abuse is a pervasive issue that affects countless lives, leaving a mark on victims and, significantly, on the innocent bystanders – children. In a recent podcast episode, Helen Greenfield, a director and solicitor at Family Law in Partnership, spoke with Chantal Hughes, Chief Executive of the Hampton Trust. In...

How a trauma-informed early intervention for domestic abuse offenders opens the space for behaviour change Emma Hazan, CARA Development Manager When Adam arrived at the CARA workshop, he was certain that he shouldn’t be there and that this was all a waste of time. He had been arrested for a...

Stephanie Lee, Caring Dads Co-ordinator at Hampton Trust When we celebrate Fathers’ Day, we do so to honour the father figures in our lives: our dads, grandads, uncles, honorary uncles and godfathers. We give them gifts and cards and spend some quality time with them, and we thank them for...