For those already supporting the DASV consultation work – a huge thank you! Your experiences, views and feedback have informed a broad range of services and both the domestic abuse and sexual violence strategies in the county. A large number of recommendations have been made as result of this work and are being taken forward as part Gloucestershire’s commitment to ensuring survivor voice informs the services we commission as well as informing our work streams to improve the overall response to DASV in Gloucestershire.
Consultation area
Consultation Work
The Consultation Coordinator is a shared post between the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and Gloucestershire County Council. The Consultation Coordinator’s role is to gain the voice of victims/survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence, along with wider community, perpetrator and professional insight across Gloucestershire. The purpose of the consultation work is to ensure lived experience is heard and most importantly responded to. Consultation and engagement activity allows a wide range of voices to be reflected in decision-making, strategies, policy and practice.
It is very important that the insight gained is representative of a broad and diverse range of communities across Gloucestershire, including those from protected characteristics groups1. We want victims and survivors to be heard and feel that their contribution is valued.
Partnership working is a key element of the consultation and engagement activity. This includes, for example, working with specialist services, community and faith groups, the voluntary sector, housing providers and children and young people.
Consultation approach
It is recognised that not all victims/survivors wish to, or are able to, engage with us in the same way. Therefore, we will strive to offer different engagement activities and these will be adapted to suit the participants’ needs to support their involvement.
It is important that participants are informed, wherever possible, of how their input has been used and the impact it has had. We are committed to keeping those that engage in consultation activity updated with any relevant changes, outcomes or products (including full reports where possible) that their feedback has informed. All consultation and engagement activity will be fed back to the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Local Partnership Boards to ensure authentic voices are at the core of their work. As well as being shared amongst partners, the consultation and engagement outcomes may also be communicated more widely as appropriate, for example through press releases and social media posts . All participants will remain anonymous in reports and summaries.
Consultation Network
Gloucestershire has a Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV) Consultation Network, which is used to help gain the authentic voice and lived experience of victims/survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence across Gloucestershire and to seek the wider voice of the community. It is essential that we hear and learn from victims/survivors, and those working with them, to inform our approaches to service development and support available for domestic abuse and sexual violence.
The DASV Consultation Network is a database of contacts offering to support engagement and consultation work across the county.
The below link will take you to the page for the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Consultation Work on the OPCC website, where you can find more information:
For those already supporting the DASV consultation work – a huge thank you! Your experiences, views and feedback have informed a broad range of services and both the domestic abuse and sexual violence strategies in the county. A large number of recommendations have been made as result of this work and are being taken forward as part Gloucestershire’s commitment to ensuring survivor voice informs the services we commission as well as informing our work streams to improve the overall response to DASV in Gloucestershire.
You will be contacted to support relevant pieces of engagement and consultation; this may, for example, be due to your lived experience, a group of people you are working with, where you live or a community you are part of. If you feel able to support a specific piece of consultation and engagement work, then further details will be shared with you and your consent will be sought. There is no obligation to support all the work, and you can withdraw your consent to support this work at any time. You will simply be invited to support where you can.
You will receive quarterly newsletters updating you on the consultation work taking place, the learning that has been made and other county updates relating to strategy, plans and developments. You have the option to opt out of these newsletters on the membership form. All personal information will be held securely by the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner; for further information please see our Privacy Notice.
You will be contacted to support relevant pieces of engagement and consultation; this may, for example, be due to your lived experience, a group of people you are working with, where you live or a community you are part of. If you feel able to support a specific piece of consultation and engagement work, then further details will be shared with you and your consent will be sought. There is no obligation to support all the work, and you can withdraw your consent to support this work at any time. You will simply be invited to support where you can.
You will receive quarterly newsletters updating you on the consultation work taking place, the learning that has been made and other county updates relating to strategy, plans and developments. You have the option to opt out of these newsletters on the membership form. All personal information will be held securely by the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner; for further information please see our Privacy Notice.
If you feel you are able to support and take part in the network then please complete a membership form either as a victim/survivor of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence, a professional who may be able to support this work or as a community leader. Within the form for victims/survivors, there are some equality monitoring questions; we want to ensure individuals signed up to DASV consultation network are representative of the demographics within Gloucestershire. If you would like to sign up personally and professionally, please could you use personal contact details for signing up as a victim/survivor and work contact details for signing up professionally.
Please send all completed membership forms to DASVconsultation@gloucestershire-pcc.gov.uk
Thank you in advance for your support.
Consultation membership forms:
Consultation form for professional and community group membership
If you feel you are able to support and take part in the network then please complete a membership form either as a victim/survivor of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence, a professional who may be able to support this work or as a community leader. Within the form for victims/survivors, there are some equality monitoring questions; we want to ensure individuals signed up to DASV consultation network are representative of the demographics within Gloucestershire. If you would like to sign up personally and professionally, please could you use personal contact details for signing up as a victim/survivor and work contact details for signing up professionally.
Please send all completed membership forms to DASVconsultation@gloucestershire-pcc.gov.uk
Thank you in advance for your support.
Consultation membership forms:
Consultation form for professional and community group membership