Draft Actions for Hard to Reach Group Action Plan Group Disability & Age Identified Issue Develop

nuanced message concerning DV, SV and disability & older people Mental health, Male victims, Develop information LGB victims, ethnic campaign targeted at these minorities groups Ethnic minorities, LGB Clearer & accessible victims, male victims information about law & justice system & child protection processes and immigration pertaining to DV & SV and legal implications Male Victims Working group to develop male victims message and services in Northern Ireland. Actions/Considerations Training/seminar for all agencies & professionals to attend. Pay attention to imagery, language, phraseology, dissemination of materials Seminar series for special interest groups Community Professionals

Travellers, LGB, ethnic minorities

Mental Health All

All

Promote Men`s Aid Charity to help continue the work to date by the Charity, and encourage more males to Promotion of a Charity come forward. Men`s Aid already set up to assist male has already established itself victims in ALL areas relating with agencies and hold to Domestic Abuse would be contacts within many beneficial to encompass the agencies with who males whole of N Ireland. At have issues which can be present, referrals are gained dealt with by them. The from Social Networking PSNI actively support Men`s sites, phones and the PSNI. Aid and refer males to us regularly. This should be built upon. Development of healthy Either as stand alone packs relationships materials that or alongside generic healthy are inclusive/sensitive to relationships materials. these groups & particular cultural aspects. Seminar on SV & DV and Specialist speakers mental health Service delivery & Workshops for each hard to accessibility conference reach group discussing nuances with recommendations document for support services to be produced. Robust recording/monitoring of info re DV & SV to capture info in

terms of reports of these groups experiencing DV&SV and to help shape services & identify training needs for staff etc.