About Derbyshire SAM

Why Do Men Need A Separate Service

The Equal Opportunities Commission's paper ‘Promoting sex equality in the public sector', in answering the question 'why a specifically tailored service?', suggests that "services that have been designed for women can make men feel unwelcome. To get them involved, service providers need to address these barriers”

RESPECT, the nationally recognised body, who provide accreditation for perpetrator programmes as well as running their own perpetrator support service and a helpline for male victims also advocate the separate provision of services for male and female victims as well as promoting separate and specially trained workers for males.

From what is known, it is understood that there is a difference in men's experience of domestic abuse. They experience a difference in the scale, number of incidents and the effects of domestic abuse although where the perpetrator is also a male such as in a same sex relationship, or when the abuser is a father or male sibling there is a greater similarity to women's experience.

Another 'known' about male victims, is that in general,  men are less used to talking about their emotions and as such struggle at times to find the emotional language to express their experience. On top of this they still face many barriers. Research suggests that email, text and phone contact, often on a one off basis, are men's preferred method of obtaining support and information.

Who's Who?

Hazel Shaw – Derbyshire SAM Project Coordinator

Nadine Bacon – Men's Floating Support and Helpline Worker

Jayne Reddish – Men's Floating Support and Helpline Worker

Office/ Fax: 01246 551889

Head Office/ Drop In: 9 Marsden Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 1JY

Helpline: 08000 198 668