DARDR/DVA & Criminal Justice Summit 2025
Welcome One and All!
Join us for a day of insightful presentations, workshops, panel discussions and networking opportunities at the Brent Civic Centre in West London on Friday, the 28th of November 2025.
This our second Summit, will focus on addressing critical challenges around mental health within Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) and the criminal justice system, through an equitable lens.
Don’t miss this chance to connect with experts in the field and gain valuable insights into how these sectors can make significant progression across the mental health landscape, collaboratively working together supporting and creating safer communities.
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Friday, 28th November 2025
9.30am – 4.30pm
Brent Civic Centre
Overall Aim
The overall aim of the Summit is to drive meaningful systemic change by ensuring mental health considerations, viewed through an equitable lens, are embedded in Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews and criminal justice responses. It will promote culturally responsive, trauma-informed care and equitable interventions for all communities.
Primary Objectives
Although mental health significantly impacts domestic violence-related homicides across all communities, it remains frequently overlooked or misunderstood, particularly for marginalised and underrepresented groups. This Summit will bring together stakeholders from multiple sectors to explore how we can ensure mental health considerations are integrated into DARDRs and justice system responses in a culturally competent, trauma-informed, and equitable way.
The Summit has four primary objectives:
- 1.
Raise Awareness:
Increase understanding of the role of mental health in DARDRs across diverse communities, particularly its impact on addressing and preventing domestic abuse and violence.
- 2. Advocate for Equitable, Mental Health-Informed Justice: Promote justice system practices that are sensitive to mental health issues and equitable for individuals from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.
- 3. Identify Systemic Barriers: Explore obstacles to the integration of culturally responsive mental health practices in DARDRs and criminal justice responses and develop strategies to address them.
- 4. Foster Collaboration: Build partnerships across sectors to embed diverse mental health expertise into policy, practice, and review processes
Outcomes for Attendees
Increased Awareness:
Understand the diverse experiences of victims and perpetrators where mental health issues intersect with domestic violence, especially in varied cultural contexts.
Advocacy for Inclusive Justice:
Champion mental health-informed criminal justice practices that address systemic inequalities and foster culturally appropriate interventions.
Identification of Structural Inequalities:
Recognise and address systemic barriers that prevent effective, inclusive integration of mental health in DARDRs and the justice system.
Collaboration for Inclusive Change:
Create a network of stakeholders committed to embedding diverse mental health expertise in policy and practice, supporting comprehensive, inclusive approaches.
Sponsor
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