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Service Provider Examples
Celebrating good practice in services across South Yorkshire. The Call It Out project has been working with Domestic Abuse and Housing/Homelessness services across South Yorkshire to improve their practice at supporting LGBT+ survivors/victims of Domestic Abuse.
Here are some examples of work taking place in services to improve LGBT+ inclusion:
Doncaster Domestic Abuse Hub
Poster Campaign
LGBT+ inclusive poster campaign created
✔ Uses visible LGBT+ imagery
✔ Explicitly states Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Trans / Non-Binary
✔ Displays rainbow and trans pride flags
Sheffield DACT
DASH form update
Gender question has been updated in line with best practice
✔ Recognises trans and non-binary identities
✔ Lists options alphabetically to not presume bias
✔ Gives an option to self-describe
South Yorkshire Police
Domestic Abuse Webpage
https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/advice-for-victims/domestic-abuse/
LGBT+ inclusive information and resources included
✔ Includes LGBT+ specific poster
✔ Includes contact details for Call It Out and Galop’s National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline
South Yorkshire Police
Domestic Abuse Online Reporting Page
https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/advice-for-victims/domestic-abuse/
✔ Includes non-binary in list of gender options
✔ Includes same-sex relationships in relationship types
Shelter
LGBTQ+ Staff Network Blog
Blog explaining why staff share their pronouns in their email signatures and encouraging other staff to do the same.
✔ Recognises trans and non-binary identities
✔ Provides information in accessible and relatable format
✔ Encourages solidarity from allies
Toilet Signage
Sheffield Venue
LGBT+ inclusive toilet signage
✔ Toilets labelled by function / facilities
✔ Trans equality posters
✔ LGBT+ specific domestic abuse posters
LGBT+ Healthy Relationships
Sheffield Youth Group
LGBT+ inclusive healthy relationships workshop
✔ Looks specifically at LGBT+ relationships
✔ Provides signposting information for LGBT+ specific support
Doncaster Riverside
Staff training
✔ All staff have completed LGBT+ Awareness and Domestic Abuse training
✔ Proudly wearing Call It Out badges on lanyards to promote work of project
Rotherham Safeguarding Week
Social Media Post
✔ Raises awareness of LGBT+ Domestic Abuse
✔ Signposting to Support
SARC LGBT+ Notice Board
Creating a welcoming environment
- Display explicitly communicates it’s inclusive of LGBT+ people
- LGBT+ specific resources and signposting available.
If you have other examples of best practice and work that you have done to promote LGBT+ inclusion that you would like to higlight on this page, please contact us.