Disability
Hackney Council is integrating disability considerations into its domestic abuse risk assessment, as revealed in September 2025.
Hackney Council has developed a unique domestic abuse risk assessment, which includes prompts for disability considerations, as revealed at a Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission meeting in September 2025. This assessment is the UK's only one to contain prompts for Anti Racist Practice, Intergenerational Abuse, Extra-Familial Harm and Exploitation, Disability and LGBTQ+ Status.
The assessment aims to provide a more comprehensive and equitable approach to identifying and addressing domestic abuse within the borough. Disability, a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities, is one of the intersectional factors explored by the assessment.
Key facts
- Hackney Council developed a unique domestic abuse risk assessment that includes prompts for disability considerations. Source
- The assessment was revealed at a Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission meeting in September 2025. Source
- The Hackney Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment is the UK's only one with prompts for Anti Racist Practice, Intergenerational Abuse, Extra-Familial Harm and Exploitation, Disability and LGBTQ+ Status. Source
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