1. Our panel this pm at #DACFestival on children as victims of #Domesticabuse in their own right raised crucial points about the impact on them + how we respond to their needs. @David_Challen @AltheaCribb Emma Bradshaw Roz Davidson Abby @acorns_project Here's a summary 🧵

2. Children feel they are responsible..that they should try to stop it. Children can become invisible with the focus on adults - both victims + perpetrators. (Roz) Children aren't 2nd hand victims + shouldn't be perceived that way @David_Challen 'they can often get lost in it'.

3. The impact on children can't be underestimated. Panellists said: Children who experience abuse grow up with fear + a sense of blame. Children who experience abuse are more likely to be excluded from school as they can present problematic behaviours + struggle in education.

@CommissionerDA @David_Challen @AltheaCribb @acorns_project This totally backs up the work that we are already doing in Staffordshire and Derbyshire. We would be hppy to share our insight and experience of working with children 1-2-1 and deliberinv programmes in schools @RWF_Glow

@CommissionerDA @David_Challen @AltheaCribb @acorns_project I've been emotionally & financially abused by a perpetrator of #falseallegations who was proactively supported by certain #refuges. The #refuges blindly believed her & #abused #publicfunds, @LegalAidAgency and #charity to harm me and my #children. I have evidence. Can you #help?