In 2015, Cripplegate Foundation launched its 5-year Development Partner Programme to explore how a funder, together with some of its funded partners, could work more closely together to make a deeper impact in improving lives for Islington residents. Since then, Cripplegate Foundation and City Bridge Foundation have committed to co-funding a further 5-year project from 2022-2027, to work with experts in Islington who have both personal and professional expertise of domestic abuse.
The Domestic Abuse Development Partners (DADP) project is a five-year project (2022-2027) to explore how a relational approach can improve the experiences and outcomes for people impacted by domestic abuse. In other words, to explore how to embed the How Not What approach in a particular sector in a particular location (Islington), and to see how this impacts the experience of survivors and those working with them.
Led by a coalition of Islington women who have experienced domestic abuse, Cripplegate Foundation, two statutory sector (Islington Council VAWG team and Islington Police) and four voluntary sector partners (Solace, The Maya Centre, Maa Shanti and KMEWO), the project will explore and test how and where systemic changes can be made to domestic abuse services to improve people’s access and journey through them. Voluntary sector partners and residents will both be paid to participate.
A learning partner, Ratio, are working with us throughout the five-year journey to capture the learning and evaluate both the process and outcomes of the work. The learning ambitions will be defined, developed and tested by partners supported by Ratio.
