Member Event: Interim meeting – Domestic Abuse and its impact in the Workplace

The cost of domestic abuse to business is estimated at £14 billion a year ( 2019 Home Office Report), with a National social and economic cost of around £66 billion per year (January 2019).

It is obvious that domestic abuse will have a significant impact on someone’s wellbeing and in turn this will impact on the business.

This awareness session looks at what domestic abuse is, the impact it has and its complexity. We will also look at how embedding a culture of awareness and understanding around domestic abuse not only benefits an organisation itself and individuals but ripples out into the community.

Alpha Vesta CIC was founded in February 2019 by Lucy Whittaker, with a very clear foundation and mission statement of:

‘breaking the cycle of domestic abuse through awareness, prevention and effective and safe early intervention through the workplace’

Lucy has frontline experience in the sector as well as academic study which informs all of Alpha Vesta’s work. Alpha Vesta deliver on their mission by providing businesses and organisations with awareness services, training, consultancy and policy development in domestic abuse.

Alpha Vesta currently receive funding from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Lottery Community Fund, Essex Community Foundation and Smallwood Trust to deliver awareness training to the business community.