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A response was received from the Deputy Minister and the Chief Whip on the 3rd December 2019 and a response sent back which led to the petition being discussed again in the Senedd on the 21st January 2020. To view the petition being discussed follow this link, the discussion begins at 1:02:42 https://senedd.tv/Meeting/Archive/d7c560f8-671d-4dd4-aaec-4a06c8845e10?autostart=True# It was

A ground breaking Welsh initiative that supports older people who suffer domestic abuse is set to be extended across the UK. The Dewis Choice project based at the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University (2015-2019) involved co-produced research funded by National Lottery Community Fund.Hosted by the Centre for Age, Gender and Social Justice,

The petition was first considered at the Senedd in July 2019 after receiving 125 signatures. It was again reviewed on the 5th November 2019 where it was agreed the Senedd would write to the Deputy Minster for Health and Social Services to ask them to: Seek a response to issues raised by the petitioners and the

‘Ignored, invisible, overlooked’ The Dewis Choice Project, a Welsh initiative, welcomed the article, “Action needed to tackle domestic abuse of over-60s, says Age UK” published in the Guardian on 2nd October 2019 full article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/02/action-needed-to-tackle-domestic-abuse-of-over-60s-says-age-uk Sarah Wydall, Dewis Choice Project Lead says, “Our Wales wide research evidences the claims by Age UK that domestic abuse

The link between dementia and domestic abuse will be the focus for a new study for researchers at Aberystwyth University looking into abuse of older people. Full Article: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2019/08/title-225394-en.html Funded by a £70,000 Comic Relief grant, the twelve month study will examine the co-existence of domestic abuse and dementia in people aged 60 years and

Sarah Wydall, Project Lead and Elize Freeman, Service Development Lead met with Janet Finch-Saunders AM, Michelle Brown AM and Mike Hedges to discuss the gaps in policy, service provision and practice.

On Tuesday 25th June 2019, the Dewis Choice Team handed over our volunteer’s petition at the Senedd.  The petition calls on the National Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to: raise awareness among the public, third sector organisations and statutory agencies of the number of older women & men in Wales who experience domestic abuse by