In 2023-25, Vesta collaborated with the Whole Housing Approach (WHA) pilot run by Cheshire East Council and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse.​

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The Whole Housing Approach pilot project in Cheshire East aimed to improve access to safe and stable housing for survivors of domestic abuse and their children and to ensure access to a range of housing options and initiatives tailored for domestic abuse.

 

The project’s team reached out to local By & For organisations to build stronger partnership working within the local coordinated community response to domestic abuse that enables By & For organisations to thrive and their clients to get the support they need.

 

Vesta SFS CIC received funding from the project to undertake a range of activities: attendance at steering groups, WHA roundtables, individual consultancy, training for professionals in Cheshire East about effective working with the Polish community and a research project on suicides in the Polish community in Cheshire East and how it overlaps with domestic abuse and homelessness.

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What will you learn from the report?

• Risks related to suicides, homicides and domestic abuse in the Polish community in the UK

• What we know of domestic abuse, suicides, severe mental health illnesses and homelessness among the Polish community in Cheshire East

• What we recommend as next steps for the local authority to address the needs of Polish citizens