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AGREED: To note the report and agree to the
recommendations made by the People Overview and Scrutiny Panel
and:
i)             
Approve the RBWM Domestic Abuse Strategy 2024-27 for
publication.
ii)            
Agree to adopt mandatory domestic abuse awareness training for
Councillors.
iii)          
Ensure that all agencies and organisations work in a collaborative
way to provide safe accommodation whilst maintaining support
networks, where possible.
iv)          
Explore ways to improve the signposting on the RBWM domestic abuse
webpages to make it as simple as possible to access information and
support, while maintaining a balance with the safety of
victims.
v)           
Ensure that the domestic abuse and safe accommodation strategy is
delivered and appropriately aligned with the new refresh of the
domestic abuse strategy.
vi)          
That all residents are important and should be provided support,
but victims with protected characteristics are given consideration
in the domestic abuse strategy. For example, those from ethnic
minority groups, military and travelling communities as well as
those from the LQBTQ+ community, who can often find it more
difficult to access services.