For professionals and organisations
AbuseFreeLife supports organisations to improve safeguarding decisions in domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control, particularly where risk is escalating, information is fragmented and outcomes are not improving despite processes being followed.
This work is grounded in a function-led approach: strengthening pattern recognition, professional judgement and escalation, so safeguarding systems work in practice, not just on paper.
Read the approach: Functions, not apps
How AbuseFreeLife works with organisations
The work focuses on what shifts outcomes: what professionals notice, how they use that information, who challenges and who authorises, and how escalation is triggered and recorded. That might mean working with frontline practice, supervision, leadership oversight, MARAC effectiveness, escalation pathways or learning from serious cases.
Support is tailored to your context. Sometimes the need is urgent and specific. Sometimes it is about strengthening the system so risk is identified earlier and decisions are more consistent and defensible.
How it usually happens
Step one: Get clear on what is actually happening
A focused look at your context, which may include case sampling, supervision practice, MARAC thresholds and decision-making, escalation routes, local pathways, or review learning. The aim is to identify where risk is being missed, diluted or normalised.
Step two: Strengthen decisions where they matter most
Practical work with professionals and leaders to improve pattern recognition, escalation decisions, professional challenge and supervisory grip. The focus is what people do differently, not what documents exist.
Step three: Make it stick
Support to embed improvement through training, assurance, clear escalation pathways, and learning that translates into changes in practice.
Areas of work
Organisations usually engage across one or more of the areas below. They are different ways of applying the same approach depending on need.
Independent review and assurance
Independent chairing and authorship of Domestic Homicide Reviews and Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, focused on fair, rigorous analysis and learning that leads to system improvement.
Specialist training
Evidence informed training for practitioners, supervisors and leaders, strengthening judgement, pattern recognition and escalation in domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control.
Safeguarding consultancy and MARAC assurance
Support to strengthen safeguarding arrangements, escalation pathways and multi agency challenge, including independent MARAC chairing and assurance where required.
Complex case support
Expert input where risk is escalating, systems are under strain or previous interventions have not achieved safety.
What organisations gain
Organisations typically see clearer risk assessment that connects incidents rather than treating them in isolation, increased confidence in professional judgement, and stronger escalation and challenge within safeguarding systems.
The work supports consistency without rigidity, improves defensibility of decisions, and helps partnerships move beyond procedural compliance towards safeguarding that actually reduces harm.
When organisations typically engage
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When organisations are responding to serious incidents, reviews or heightened scrutiny.
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When there is concern that risk is being underestimated, fragmented or normalised.
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When professionals are following processes but outcomes are not improving.
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When leadership teams want assurance that safeguarding systems are functioning as intended.
Who AbuseFreeLife works with
Policing, health, local authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, safeguarding partnerships, sport and third sector organisations across the UK.
Next steps
If you want to discuss your context, the quickest route is a short initial conversation about what you need, who the audience is, and the timescale you are working to.