The Council is letting a contract for the provision of a Core Domestic Abuse Support Service. The overall aim or purpose of the Service is to contribute to the local partnership efforts to enable the Council to achieve:• The vision in its Domestic Abuse Strategy: "For individuals, families and children to live freely from abuse".• The national Domestic Abuse Plan aim: "Help all victims and survivors who have escaped from domestic abuse feel that they can get back to life as normal, with support for their health, emotional, economic, and social needs". The overall commissioning intention reflects the recommended approach of the national Domestic Abuse Council:I know how much victims and survivors value the support they receive from independent, specialist domestic abuse services. These services bring a wealth of experience and expertise, and additional value through links with their community, and critically, independence from statutory agencies. It is this independence that b

Core Domestic Abuse Support Service