This strategy is one part of the wider Safer Cornwall Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategy and sets out how Cornwall Council will respond to its statutory duty under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

The Strategy has been informed by the DASV Needs Assessment – Safe Accommodation; hearing from people with lived experience of domestic abuse and front-line professionals in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; and through insights gathered in multi-agency workshops, focus groups, interviews and case studies.