Our mission is to inspire small, everyday changes in our attitudes to domestic abuse and to encourage safe and meaningful actions which will help send a message to abusers that their behaviours are unacceptable. As a victim-survivor of domestic abuse who was practising as a human rights lawyer whilst I was being abused, I realised that hundreds of small and safe ways to stand up to misogynistic attitudes and other predictors of intimate partner violence present themselves to us every day. I began to wonder what might happen if we each took some of those opportunities to challenge abusers and subvert the established system of turning a blind eye to things that make us uncomfortable. Hundreds of small actions like these performed by thousands of people, in the course of their normal, everyday interactions would make a huge impact over time to our culture, our language and our tolerance of abuse in all its forms.

 

It starts with understanding that abuse doesn't always look the way you expect it to and victims don't always behave the way you expect them to. We hope that as you engage with the resources on this website, you may change your own mindset about what domestic abuse is and perhaps challenge some of your beliefs about victims of domestic abuse. Perhaps, something you read here will lead you to recognise that a friend, colleague or loved one might be a victim. Perhaps, you may come to understand that you too are a victim. We certainly hope that you will be inspired to begin standing up to domestic abuse in safe and meaningful ways in your own everyday life, as together, in a hundred small ways, we can make our homes, families and communities safer for everyone.