Working with Black & Minoritised Survivors – Good Practice & Local Services

Cost: Free to people working in Nottinghamshire county

(Chargeable outside of these areas)

Location: Online – MS Teams

Duration: 2 hours

Aim: 

To increase awareness of Black & Minoritised survivor experiences of domestic abuse, and explore good practice in order to work to address barriers and improve responses of services.  

Learning points: 

• Overview of local services and referral pathways, presented by: Juno Women’s Aid, Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network, Nottingham Sexual Violence Support Service, Al-Hurraya, and Equation’s Male & LGBTQ+ service 

• Panel discussion on how to improve support for Black & Minoritised survivors 

• Q&A 

Equation are delighted to host a number of local specialist domestic abuse and culturally sensitive services based in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. 

Juno Women’s Aid 

Juno Women’s Aid is a domestic abuse charitable organisation covering Nottingham and South Nottinghamshire.  

We are women only led organisation working with women, children and young people who have been affected by domestic abuse.  

Experts in providing support and advocacy from a trauma informed, strengths based, and needs led basis. 

Our services include a 24-hour Freephone Helpline, adult services in the Nottingham city and South Nottinghamshire, a children and young persons’ team, a justice team, refuge and accommodation services and specialist services for marginalised women, complex needs, older women with disabilities and women from minority ethnic backgrounds. 

Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network 

Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (NMWN) is a trusted By and For organisation that supports Muslim women and girls in Nottingham. It provides culturally sensitive services, including domestic violence support, legal advice, and advocacy, delivered in multiple community languages such as Urdu, Punjabi, Turkish, and Arabic. 

NMWN bridges the gap between Muslim women and mainstream services, offering advice on abusive relationships, immigration, and Islamic divorces. The organisation also runs community initiatives such as This Girl Can, nutrition programmes, and active lifestyle projects like walks for women with gestational diabetes. Additional programmes include a culturally sensitive Freedom Programme in Urdu and a 12-week volunteer programme focused on community activism in domestic abuse, FGM, honour-based abuse, forced marriage, and hate crime. 

With increasing demand, NMWN handled 91 referrals between April and September 2024 and continues to empower women through tailored support, volunteer training, and advocacy. 

Al-Hurraya 

Al-Hurraya, are a peer-led ethnic minority service providing bespoke, personalized, culturally specific interventions to meet varying needs of individuals, their families and address social issues presented in the local communities of Nottingham and Derby. We utilise early interventions, education, counselling, mentoring and empowerment at Al-Hurraya to support those facing a range of disadvantages including hidden harm, addiction, involvement in crime, gangs, radicalization, domestic and sexual violence, and trauma.  

Al-Hurraya was established in 2014, our founder Asad Fazil MBE identified a clear gap in service provision for those requiring support services that valued and considered clients’ unique cultural and religious backgrounds and contexts. Al-Hurraya was established to break down the barriers experienced by diverse communities to ensure no one felt excluded from accessing support. Al-Hurraya means freedom in Arabic, we want to help people live a life free from harm free from addiction, and free from trauma for the benefit of both the individual, their family and the wider community. 

Nottingham Sexual Violence Support Service 

Equation’s Male & LGBTQ+ service 

Equation is a Nottinghamshire based charity which provides Respect accredited support to Male and LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic abuse and Non-Domestic Stalking. We have certified IDVA, ISAC and Safer Accommodation support, as well as a helpline for survivors and professional referrals and inquiries.  

Within this service, Equation also offers the Gateway program, a peer support group for Male survivors, and the Your Choice project for anyone who is concerned about their behaviour and wishes to address this in a safe environment,  

Alasdair is an Independent Domestic Violence and Stalking advocacy Caseworker for Equations Men’s & LGBTQ+ Service and has been with the organisation for 3 years. He specialises in domestic and Non-Domestic Stalking Prevention and provides one-to-one support to survivors of domestic abuse and non-domestic stalking.  

Find out more or book

Choose an upcoming session below or, if you’ve got questions, drop an email to training@equation.org.uk

Please be aware that this session will contain some reference to types of domestic abuse. It is recommended that the session is attended in a quiet and confidential space. If you are impacted by the content of the session, you will be provided with points of contact as part of your follow on resources, and reference will be made to support options in the session.

Information on support is also available on Equation’s Website: Get Help | Equation

Cancellation

If you do wish to cancel, you can do so through your Eventbrite confirmation or by getting in touch with our team at training@equation.org.uk.

Cost

Please be aware: due to the conditions of our funding, this training is free to people working in Nottinghamshire County – chargeable outside of these areas.

We are monitoring the attendance list and you will be asked to pay if you do not qualify for a free ticket.

Funders

Funded by County Deep Dive initiative as part of the aditional barriers awareness campaign.

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