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Training and Consultancy to Help End Domestic Violence

Deter CIC is a community organisation offering a free support service for men who wish to stop behaving violently or abusively to their wife/partner across the North East of England.

We accept self-referrals and agency referrals.

Programmes are currentyly delivered in South Shields, Darlington Durham and Gateshead.

The Big Lottery (Reaching Communities) fund the project.

Deter staff have over 20 years experience is the field of domestic abuse and work to Respect* standards and Guidelines.

All men who refer or are referred to the project are offered assessments to determine suitability for the programme.

Criteria Include:

• Acknowledgement of abuse and or violence
• See violence/abuse as a problem
• Accepts some responsibility for violence/abuse
• Agree to the conditions of attendance

Abusive behaviour is behaviour of choice and the programme incorporates cognitive and educational approaches to challenge and change abusive and violent attitudes and behaviour.

The programme runs over a period of 26 weeks.