Cheshire charity calls for 'one-stop shop' style support for domestic abuse
We're told systems and services need to be reformed to better protect people
The boss of a Cheshire charity says there's still much work to do to fully protect people from the horrors of domestic abuse.
The Prime Minister's pledged to halve this type of violence in the next decade.
Crewe based My Cheshire Without Abuse tells us they've helped well over 4000 survivors this year - with demand still rising.
Saskia Lightburn-Ritchie is the Chief Executive of My Cheshire Without Abuse.
"What we are doing, us, the police, all the other agencies from social care to housing, is working with fewer resources and with more demand and doing the best we can in systems that need to be reformed.
"Every area needs to have a fully integrated service where all the agencies work together seamlessly. So criminal justice, social care, the family court system, the criminal court and other domestic abuse specialist agencies.
"There needs to be interventions available that work for the children in the family, the adult victim and the adult perpetrator. Until we've got that fully integrated support available, because at the moment it is a postcode lottery, then we've still got a long way to go."
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