Transcript Simon Borja (Project Coordinator, Safer Wales Dyn Project)

Safer Wales Dyn Project
Simon Borja – Safer Wales Ltd
What are the facts?
• 45% of women and 26% of men experience interpersonal violence. Women constitute 89% of all
those who experience 4 or more incidents of
domestic violence
• 44% of all female murder victims are killed by a
current or former partner, compared with 6% of
male victims
• The CPS convicted 3,494 women and 55,000
men for all domestic abuse-related incidents
in2009-10
What service do we offer?
The Dyn Project provides a 3 tier service:
• Advocacy
• Dyn Wales Helpline- 0808 801 0321
• Awareness Raising/dynwales.org
Dyn project statistics 2013/14
•Project received 373 referrals for our advocacy
service (Cardiff), previous year (513)
•Dyn Wales Helpline received over 726 calls
•Over 12,000 visits to www.dynwales.org
•Delivered training for over 150 frontline agency
staff across Wales
What we did 2013/14
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20 men referred & discussed at MARAC
0 men referred to male refuge (Cardiff)
15 men referred to UK male refuges(outside
Cardiff)
44 men referred to counselling services
29 men referred to Drug and Alcohol services
44 men represented at SDVC
7 men assisted to participate in Crown Court
proceedings
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Contact Details
Simon Borja
Dyn Project Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Matthew Bailey
Dyn Project IDSVA
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 029 2046 1564
www.dynwales.org