Home Affairs Committee eConsultation
Parliament's Homes Affairs Select Committee is holding an eConsultation as part of its investigation into domestic violence, including forced marriages and 'honour-based' violence. They want to hear from victims and survivors about their experiences to help them improve services. What you tell them will form part of the Committee's recommendations to the Goverment.

Take Part! Click here to go to the eConsultation site

Download flyer about the eConsultation

Supporting People Strategy Consultation

ODPM Consultation:
Creating Sustainable Communities: Supporting Independence
Download The Haven Wolverhampton Consultation Response, February 2006.

Every Child Matters

On 8th September the Prime Minister welcomed a Children's Green Paper 'Every Child Matters'. 'Every Child Matters' sets out for consultation a framework for improving outcomes for all children and their families, to protect them, to promote their wellbeing and to support all children so that they may develop their full potential.
The Paper is available from Department For Education and Skills website. The consultation on 'Every Child Matters' is now completed. The Haven Wolverhampton had an internal consultation on 'Every Child Matters' and compiled responses to the consulation questionnaire. Download The Haven's 'Every Child Matters' consultation response. The Haven staff also contributed to the local authority response to the paper.

'Safety and Justice': The Government's Proposals on Domestic Violence

This is the first time a fundamental consultation that addresses the issues that impact on the lives of women and children has been conducted by the government. As an independent women’s refuge group providing, for the past thirty years, emergency refuge accommodation and support services to women and children who are homeless as a result of domestic violence, The Haven Wolverhampton welcomes 'Safety and Justice', the government’s proposals on domestic violence, and has encouraged all staff, service users and the general public to take part in the consultation. The consultation period is now finished and the responses are attached below.

Download Response to Safety and Justice (The Criminal Justice Support Services Coordinator) - MS Word document

Download Wolverhampton Domestic Violence Forum Response (Strategy Co-ordinator) - See News/Updates section of the WDVF website www.wdvf.org.uk

Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and 'Honour' - Based Violence (Sixth Report of Session 2007-2008) - PDF