National Annual Conference

11th National Conference on Male Victims of Domestic Abuse

“Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse”

Morning: 16 November 2023 (Thurs): 9.30am – 12.30pm

CPD Accredited

(Free Entry but we appreciate a voluntary donation)*

*Avoid paying Just Giving company a “Donation” too by clicking in their donation box “Other” and then “£0”

Why attend

One in six-seven men in Britain will suffer from domestic abuse in their lifetime whilst one in every three domestic abuse victims are male.

There is a growing need to ensure men and their children receive male-victim friendly support and responses from organisations in the statutory, private and third sectors – at a local, regional and national level. This includes ensuring statutory, safeguarding and equality obligations are met. The new Domestic Abuse Act and Statutory Guidance applies to male victims too.

This is the eleventh annual national conference on male victims of domestic abuse hosted by the charity. It will focus on:

Latest academic research
Hearing directly from two male survivors about their experiences
The experience and process of running male survivor recovery groups

In 2022, over 450 delegates attended and all those who responded said they would recommend the conference to others, 98% said the conference content were very satisfied (83%%) and satisfied (17%). All also said it would positively impact their work.

“Excellent Conference, thank you to everyone for putting this together.”

“I felt this conference was really well balanced with professional and survivor speakers.”

“The conference really helped to refocus on validating men’s experiences of domestic abuse.”

The conference also meets the NICE Quality Standards on Domestic Abuse.

Who should attend

This is a CPD accredited conference aimed at professionals and practitioners who wish to find out how to support male victims or already work with domestic abuse male victims/survivors.

These roles include those working in community safety, public health, social services, domestic abuse, the legal system (police, solicitors, CPS, probation), adult/children safeguarding, public health, housing associations, health service, victim support, anti-social behaviour, men’s health & welfare, equality & diversity, voluntary/third sector, students, academics & researchers.

Those commissioning domestic abuse or similar services are very welcome too and this conference will help understand this key victim/survivor group.

CPD Accreditation

The conference is CPD accredited (three points)

Speakers and Programme

Opening Remarks:

Mark Brooks OBE (Chair)
Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner

* Latest Research on Male Victims/Survivors including Fathers

Professor Ben Hine (Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of West London; Chair of the Male Section of the British Psychological Society, Leader the Evidence-Based Domestic Abuse Research Network)
Associate Professor Elizabeth Bates (Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Cumbria)

* The experiences of running male survivor recovery groups

Sharne Williams (Chief Executive, Paul Lavelle Foundation)
Marilyn Selwood (Services Associate, ManKind Initiative)

* Survivor Voices: Interviews with two male survivors about their lived experience

Rob Parkes (writer of his memoir, Married to the Black Widow)
Richard Spencer (his experience is soon to be featured in a Channel 5 documentary)

More speakers to be announced.

Costs

There is no cost to joining the conference but we do appreciate a voluntary donation which is completely discretionary*. Thank you.

*Avoid paying the Just Giving company an unnecessary “Donation” too by clicking in their donation box “Other” and then “£0” – we do pay them to appear on their site!

Bookings

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Timings

9.30 start and 12.30 end

The online “doors” open at 9am

Timings of speakers to be confirmed, however, the order is planned to be as above (see speakers and programme).

General Enquiries

Please email conference@mankind.org.uk

Conference sponsorship opportunities:

Please contact Mark Brooks (Chair) via email chairman@mankind.org.uk