Skip Main Navigation
Donate Hide Your Tracks

Enter your search term here…

Go to home page > For Professionals > Training And Events > Events > Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Offences Involving Violent Or Abusive Behaviour 2
Safe exit
  • 26 November, 2025, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – Offences involving violent or abusive behaviour

The third session in our series on the DA Act will help professionals understand the new offences and amendments to existing legislation introduced by Part 6 of the Act.

This session will help professionals understand the new offences and amendments to existing legislation relating to criminal offences introduced by Part 6 of the Act. This includes:

• Controlling or coercive behaviour;
• Threats to disclose private images;
• Strangulation or suffocation;
• Consent to serious harm for sexual gratification not a defence to certain crimes;
• Extra-territorial jurisdiction.

It will also touch upon criminal justice system-related provisions in Part 7 of the Act.

 

Date: 26 November, 2025, Wednesday

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Format: Online via Zoom

Trainer: Jo Shaw

 

Who Can Attend / Eligibility Criteria

This session is open to all non-legal professionals working in London boroughs on violence against women and girls issues from the community, voluntary and statutory sectors including refuge workers, IDVAs, ISVAs, social workers, housing officers, police officers, education professionals and health professionals. It is also open to Commissioners and Local Authority Officers responsible for commissioning violence against women services.

Please note – READ BEFORE APPLYING

  • Submitting your application does not guarantee a place on the course. We will review all applications to confirm eligibility and let you know if your place has been confirmed.The confirmation email will come from Zoom, so please check your junk or spam folder just in case.
  • London broughs only.
  • To ensure fairness, we limit places per organisation.
  • If you have previously attended, please do not register again and allow others a chance to attend
  • Please only apply if you’re reasonably confident you’ll be able to attend. We completely understand that unexpected things come up, but frequent no-shows affect our ability to report accurately to our funders and continue offering these courses.

Registration for this course is now full. We are currently operating a waiting list. To be added, please complete the registration form.
Note: Due to limited capacity, we will only contact you if a place becomes available.

Join Waiting List

Feel free to direct any questions to [email protected]

Interested in running this or other training in-house? Find out more here.

This event is funded by London Councils through the Ascent project. http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/grants