Improving safeguarding, risk identification and professional decision-making
Specialist consultancy, training and independent review in domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control, supporting professionals and organisations to make better decisions and improve outcomes.
AbuseFreeLife exists because serious harm is rarely caused by a lack of tools.
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More often, it arises from missed patterns, fragmented information, diluted professional judgement and failures to recognise escalation.
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AbuseFreeLife works with organisations and practitioners to strengthen how risk is identified, understood and acted upon, particularly in complex and high-harm cases.
For professionals and organisations
Supporting policing, health, local authorities, safeguarding partnerships, sport and third-sector organisations to improve practice, governance and outcomes in domestic abuse, stalking and safeguarding.
For victims and survivors
Providing informed, practical support to individuals affected by domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control, grounded in real systems knowledge and advocacy experience.
Purpose and values
AbuseFreeLife works to influence change at both frontline and strategic levels.
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We work alongside agencies and professionals to challenge attitudes, strengthen professional judgement and ensure risk is assessed accurately and consistently, particularly in domestic abuse, coercive control, stalking, and adult and child safeguarding.
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Victims of abuse are at the heart of everything we do. The objective is simple: to help professionals make better decisions and save lives.
AbuseFreeLife does not focus on tools alone.
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It focuses on the functions professionals must perform well: recognising cumulative harm, identifying patterns, applying judgement, escalating risk and intervening effectively.
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This approach is informed by frontline experience, national safeguarding frameworks and independent review work across the most serious cases.
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Read about the approach: Functions, not apps
Independent review and assurance
Independent chairing and authoring of Domestic Homicide Reviews and Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews, with a focus on learning, accountability and system improvement.
Specialist training
Evidence-informed training in domestic abuse, stalking, coercive control and risk identification for frontline practitioners and leaders.
Safeguarding consultancy
Consultancy to strengthen safeguarding systems, professional judgement, escalation and multi-agency working.
Complex case support
Expert input into complex cases, learning reviews and organisational assurance where risk, harm and decision-making intersect.
About AbuseFreeLife
AbuseFreeLife is led by John Trott, a nationally recognised safeguarding specialist with extensive experience across policing, independent review, training and consultancy.
John works at the intersection of practice, policy and lived experience, supporting organisations to understand not just what went wrong, but why, and what needs to change to prevent repeat harm.
Professional feedback
​​"Best stalking training I have attended and I have been to a few!" ​Police Officer​​
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