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WHY CHOOSE OUR TRAINING

The course is delivered over 2.5 hours and can be face to face or virtual and is cost effective. The content is succinct and conveys information and learning in a timeframe that recognises the pressures of taking front line staff from operational duties.

SUTDA has delivered this training to thousands of professional over the last 3 years. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with the listed top 5 benefits experienced and improved within the workforces:

• Greater understanding of the complexities involved in Domestic Abuse and wider impact of those that maybe affected.
• Recognising telltale signs of Domestic Abuse.
• Improving your team’s communication ability.
• Increasing trust in professions intuition and learning from missed opportunities.
• Enabling staff to report and record abuse appropriately.

Our training recognises that staff have a vital role in identifying victims of abuse. Building on current knowledge, our training is engaging and delivered by someone with lived experience and resonates with staff in a way that other training hasn’t, as reported by participants.

Our sessions include a reenactment of Rachel’s shooting, what led to it and the aftermath (Judge Rinder, Real Crime Stories) statistics, stalking, coercion, non-fatal strangulation, learning from missed opportunities, language/linguistics, life after Domestic Abuse and more!

Feedback from delivered sessions report positive change in practice and staff reporting a greater awareness, more knowledge and greater empowerment.

Here is just some of the feedback we have received;

South Wales Police April 2024

“I have been an officer for over 20 years and that is the best domestic abuse training I have ever had”.

“16 years in and the most impactful training I’ve received. Thought provoking lived experience and some practical “do’s”. Thank you!

“Rachel thank you so much for that input today, as my colleague said the best I have had in nearly 20 years”.

“ Hugely impactful! You are a fantastic speaker and even after many years in policing I have taken away some great food for thought. Thank you”.

Email received from a Sergeant ( I call my sessions ‘gigs’ by the way)

Hi!

I just wanted to send a quick message to say that I was in attendance at your gig at SWP HQ last Thursday (Sergeants training day).

I have reflected upon this a great deal whilst on my rest days, and it was without doubt the most impactful DA training I’ve received in 16 years of service (and that’s not decrying the training we receive because some of the previous vulnerability/domestic abuse training courses I have attended have been extremely informative and mind opening).

Your gig reinforces that there is absolutely no place for prejudice or complacency when it comes to dealing with domestic abuse.

Whilst I firmly believe that all police officers should receive your training input, I don’t think that’s enough – everybody in society needs to see it at some point!

I started reading your book on Kindle this morning and being 45% through already it’s clearly a must read.

Thank you very much again for sharing your story with us and giving us the most valuable first hand advice.

Kind Regards,

Rob

PSNI

Thank you for the presentation given by Rachel Williams – it was very powerful. Please pass on my thanks and appreciation to Rachel herself – a great piece of training – this should be compulsory for everyone – Detective Constable, Crime Training