Embedding lived experience in Scotland
Our why
Our aim is to help ensure that local authorities and other community planning organisations have the knowledge, confidence, and tools they need to embed survivor voice into local system and service design processes in a robust, trauma informed and meaningful way.
We’ll do this by:
- Supporting women with experience of domestic abuse and other forms of complex trauma to use their experiences to help shape the pathways to support and service delivery.
- Enabling professionals working across a wide range of policy areas to embed survivor voice and lived experience into system and service design processes in a high quality, sustainable and trauma-informed way.
- Helping decision-makers to see how meaningful change can be achieved, and compelled to act, through seeing living examples, having access to evidence & hearing diverse voices of people with lived experience.
Key Resources
No Them and Us Report
This report explores the complexities of visibility within the workplace for people with lived experience of Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) and trauma. We consider the impact of having experienced VAWG while working professionally to support others affected by it. This learning from our project’s research and engagement activities highlights a significant gap between the recognised value of lived experience and the workplace conditions needed to safely support and enable it.
Authentic Voice Conference Video
The Authentic Voice team and the Authentic Voice Panel held their very first conference in Glasgow as a celebration of the incredible work being carried out across Scotland to promote the importance of survivor voice within services, structures and organisations.
Embedding Lived Experience in Dundee
The AV Project has been working on a pilot of implementation support, in partnership with Dundee City Council, as part of their aim to ensure lived experience has a meaningful contribution and influence within local multi-agency governance and strategic planning arrangements across their Public Protection Partnerships.
Partners
