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100 organisations sign up to CIH pledge on domestic violence
A hundred organisations have signed up to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) pledge to tackle domestic violence in the fortnight since its launch.
The CIH called on social landlords to support four pledges to tackle domestic violence in its ‘Make a Stand’ campaign, announced last month.
Alison Inman, president of the CIH, said: “By signing up to put in place the four focused actions in the pledge, the organisations that have joined us have made a very real difference and will help people who are experiencing domestic abuse to come forward and get support.
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“To have done this across a quarter of social housing in the UK in our first two weeks is phenomenal and a testament to the determination of the housing sector to do more on this issue.”
The four commitments are:
- To put in place and embed a policy to support residents who are experiencing domestic abuse
- To make information about national and local domestic abuse support services available on your website, and in other places which are easily accessible to residents and staff
- To put in place a HR policy and procedure on domestic abuse, or to incorporate this into an existing policy, to support members of staff who are experiencing domestic abuse
- Appoint a ‘champion’ in your organisation to own the activity you are doing to support people experiencing domestic abuse
