“Working together to promote healthy relationships.”
Partner Abuse Is…
- Usually violence against women and their children
- When someone uses their power to control you
- Verbal – name calling
- Emotional – putdowns
- Psychological – mind games
- Sexual – Sex without your consent
- Financial – when you don’t have access to family income.
- Physical – pushing, hitting, throwing things
Elder Abuse is…
- An action by a person in a position of trust (friend, family member, neighbour, or paid care giver) which gives harm to the senior
What We Do…
The Kawartha Lakes & Haliburton Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee has been meeting since 2000 to provide a more consistent response to victims/survivors in the community.
We also work towards filling the gaps and addressing the barriers that currently exist in our services.
We Do This By…
Public Education
- Supporting campaigns that promote healthy relationships
- Organizing events that educate the community on how to respond to violence against women and children.
Protocol Agreement
- Women who are abused are often referred to a variety of services across different service sectors, which include justice, shelter, health care, and child services. Workers from all these different sectors cooperated to create the Domestic Violence Protocol (2007), which sets out a coordinated strategy for action among all the different service providers.
Signatories for The Partner Abuse Protocol Launch: Ontario Provincial Police, City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment and Ontario Provincial Police Haliburton Highlands Detachment, City Of Kawartha Lakes Police Services, Annishnaabe Kwewag Ganig Shelter, Crown Attorney's Office, John Howard Society of Victoria & Haliburton, Kawartha Haliburton Children's Aid Society, Kawartha Haliburton Victim Services, Kinark Child & Family Services, Probation and Parole Services, City of Kawartha Lakes Housing Department, City of Kawartha Lakes Social Services Department, Quinte United Immigrant Services, Victim Witness Assistance Program for Peterborough and the Tri-County, Victoria County Women's Resources, and the YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria & Haliburton
Training
- Training staff and volunteers of member agencies in the use of the Domestic Violence Protocol to: increase their knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of other agencies that serve victims of partner abuse, increase community awareness of the local service and supports available for victims, increase safety and improve access for victims.
Safety Net
- Confidential reviews of cases of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse in order to increase the safety of the victims, identify & fills gaps in services, and address barriers to receiving service.
Networking and Coordination
- On-going sharing of information, best practices, and research findings
- Using the Domestic Violence Protocol for responding to domestic violence in the City of Kawartha Lakes & Haliburton.
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