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The Violence, Health, and Society (VISION) consortium is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership. We aim to improve the measurement of data on violence to influence policy and practice and reduce violence and the health inequalities that result.
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New resource: If you are worried about a friend, family member, neighbour or colleague, who you think may be experiencing domestic abuse, this is a resource for you: www.womensaid.org.uk/information-...

It will inform and equip you, and help you to look after yourself as you offer support.
Friends and Family - Women’s Aid
The Friends and Family  Handbook A handbook for friends, family members, neighbours, and colleagues of survivors. The Friends and Family Handbook provides practical support and information for anyone ...
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May 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We are pleased to support @andri-i.bsky.social and Georgios Giannakopoulos at @citystgeorges.bsky.social with their first podcast miniseries, Partitioning for Peace: The violence of bordering on the island of Cyprus, hosted by The Lausanne Project. Listen here⬇️
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Partitioning for Peace: The violence of bordering on the island of Cyprus - City Vision
by Georgios Giannakopoulos and Alexandria Innes  When we began recording the Partitioning for Peace podcast we imagined the series as a companion to our Partitioning for Peace  conference that took pl...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do you work with text data in the field of violence prevention? VISION colleagues will demonstrate Natural Language Processing techniques using domestic violence & abuse data on 13 Nov, 10 – 10:50 am. Email us to register: VISION_Management_Team@citystgeorges.ac.uk
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November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Accountability for human rights must guide collaboration in medicine & science. Medical & academic leaders have a duty to declare medicine’s commitment to the right to existence and life for all peoples, in all states.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Check out the 1st study evaluating the impact of the consecutive COVID lockdowns on Domestic Violence & Abuse referrals. Ensuring access to primary care & continuing provision of specialist support for people experiencing DVA is vital during national emergencies.
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Impact of consecutive COVID-19 lockdowns on GP referrals of women experiencing domestic abuse in England and Wales - City Vision
To curb COVID-19, three periods of severe physical distancing measures (‘lockdowns’) were imposed by the Government throughout 2020 and 2021 in England and Wales: between 23 March and 1 June 2020 (68 ...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Work with text data in violence prevention? Want to explore Natural Language Processing as an analytical tool? Join VISION's Darren Cook & learn how NLP techniques can be applied to domestic violence & abuse data. Webinar: 13 Nov, 10 – 10:50 am. VISION_Management_Team@citystgeorges.ac.uk to register
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Register for our next webinar on Understanding Economic Abuse, presented by Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, a leading international voice on economic abuse.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Can the ONS new combined measure of violence be used to accurately assess progress in reducing violence against women and girls? We highlight the problems: lack of historical continuity; incomplete scope of violence: & technical and transparency concerns. vision.city.ac.uk/news/can-the...
Can the ONS new combined measure of violence be used to accurately assess progress in reducing violence against women and girls? - City Vision
Blog by Dr Polina Obolenskaya, Merili Pullerits and Dr Niels Blom The UK government is expected to publish its new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy later this year. The strategy is par...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Come to Lambeth Peer Action Collective's research report launch! With VISION mentoring, the young team explored the role that youth orgs & trusted adults play in protecting young people from violence. Tues 21 Oct 4-6 pm at Foundry (17 Oval Way, SE11 5RR). Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Like the tobacco, alcohol, and fossil fuel industries, the arms industry should be seen as a commercial determinant of health, where corporate practices matter as much as products when considering how industries can harm health. vision.city.ac.uk/news/arms-in...
Arms industry as a commercial determinant of health - City Vision
Experts are urging the medical profession to confront the global arms industry as the UK and other NATO nations dramatically increase defence spending to counter growing global aggressions, one under-...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Terminally Ill Adults Bill requires careful consideration of the risks posed by domestic abuse (DA) & coercion. It currently does not fully tackle specific safeguarding concerns for those experiencing DA. VISION proposes 4 principles for consideration.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A brilliant, well-articulated and thoughtful blog from someone who has experienced violence and abuse and attended our June annual conference. . . it is vital to bring Lived Experience voices into violence-related research for depth, context, and insight.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Join us at hybrid seminar at City St George’s, 10 Sept, exploring two VISION systematic reviews: 1. Experiences of violence among people in insecure migration status and 2. The effectiveness of UK domestic & sexual violence and abuse support services & interventions
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August 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I will be BlueSkying from the @respectuk.bsky.social account today at the @vision-research.bsky.social annual conference - let's catch up if you are there 😊
June 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Dame Nicole Jacobs gives the keynote at @vision-research.bsky.social setting out how the DAC team works, how far the #domesticabuse #VAWG sector has come (with still some way to go)
June 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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The new animation from @citystgeorges.bsky.social on lived experience launched yesterday set out the importance of including it as a vital ingredient in research www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Lb... - thank you to the team at @vision-research.bsky.social for an informative and energising day!
City St George’s University of London: Working with Lived Experience in violence-related research
YouTube video by City St George's, University of London
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June 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Proud to have partnered with @vision-research.bsky.social & @rapecrisis.bsky.social on this important new research.

Sexual violence costs England & Wales a jaw-dropping £400bn. The govt must put money where their mouth is at the upcoming spending review and invest in specialist support services.
Sexual violence has an economic cost. Researchers say it’s more than 10 times higher than we think
Experts are calling on the government to invest urgently in preventing sexual violence and supporting survivors.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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This important research from @vision-research.bsky.social in collaboration with @rapecrisis.bsky.social and WBG marks a shift in how we understand the impact of sexual violence- allowing us to look at the full, lifelong economic burden of one year’s worth of offences. The findings are shocking.
June 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This year marked the 4th annual UKPRP conference, themed ‘Mobilising a Cross-Government Response to Violence Prevention.’ The event brought together voices from academia, central and local government, health, justice, welfare services, and the voluntary sector.

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June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Together, they highlighted the collaborative work taking place across our partner organisations and the Drive Partnership - emphasising key milestones such as our 2020 Call to Action and the 2024 Call for Further Action.
June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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It was especially insightful to hear from Dame Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales. In her keynote, Dame Nicole reflected on the progress made by the domestic abuse and violence against women and girls sector, while recognising the work still to be done.
June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Thank you to the UKPRP for having us. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to share more about our work and to learn from others across the sector as we continue in our collective efforts to stop domestic abuse.

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June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
8.3% of employees experienced threats, insults or attacks at work in the past 12 months. More violence in the workplace research findings from VISION researchers @vanessagash.bsky.social and Niels Blom below ⬇️
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May 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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⚖️ Earlier this year, Revolving Doors hosted two policy workshops for our Lived Experience of the Law research project.

The theme of our second policy workshop was women’s experiences of domestic abuse and the family courts.

Read our blog to find out more ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...
April 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Work in violence-prevention? Check out our free 4th annual conference: Mobilising a cross-government response to violence prevention.

Tuesday 3 June, 10:00 – 16:00
The Light Auditorium, Friends House, London

Registration required: vision.city.ac.uk/vision-annua...
VISION Annual Conference 2025 - City Vision
The VISION Annual Conference is 3 June 2025. The theme is Mobilising a cross-government response to violence prevention. All policymakers, Third Sector, and academics interested in data and violence r...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM