Better Lives provides first-rate Homicide Prevention Advocacy for organisations via Safeguarding, Domestic Abuse and Stalking training, delivered by an experienced, qualified & passionate individual.
With nearly a decade and half in the Police, and having specialised in both criminal and civil areas of law, Bridie provides an unrivalled and unique insight into these subjects. She uses her experience, personal drive and candour to deliver authentic and powerful training and consulting services to a wide range of sectors.
Meaningful change alongside improved workplace safety and productivity can be achieved by prioritising safeguarding within your organisation with the help of Better Lives.
Support your organisation in working towards improved client and employee safety by inviting Better Lives in to encourage effective advocation around the implementation of safeguarding, domestic abuse and stalking training to effect better outcomes for those experiencing such atrocities.
Better Lives founder, Bridie Anderson, is a passionate, capable and qualified trainer and public speaker whose high standards and strong work ethic ensure a quality of service to all clients.
Bridie brings her recent operational policing experience, along with her specialist knowledge and training in the areas of DA, stalking and victim/perpetrator interviewing to her consulting work and training delivery.
Bridie's passion for helping shift the balance of responsibility for ending DA away from the victim and onto the perpetrator, along with her positive and trauma-informed approach, makes her training and advice unique, relevant and life changing.
Bridie has worked closely within the DA sector for many years and has accumulated a wealth of understanding of the complex and layered experiences faced by victims/survivors, the challenges encountered by services, behaviour of perpetrators and the nature of the changes we need to make to move forward and create Better Lives for all involved.
Bridie will provide your organisation with an open, honest, realistic and current assessment of need, and work with you to develop a package of short or longer term measures and actions which will improve your understanding of and response to the growing risk of Domestic abuse perpetrators and stalkers.
Better Lives offers training and consultancy services based on a combined 20 years of experience within social care, law enforcement and specialist DA service settings. Experience highlights include project management, Police force/organisational improvement, supporting organisational compliance with national, local and legal requirements and working first hand with survivors and perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and Stalking.
Our founder has over 10 years experience of delivering training to a wide variety of sectors including Police, Education staff, Health and Social care workers, Hospital staff, Specialist Support services for DA & Stalking, the CPS and foreign lawyers visiting the UK.
Alongside delivery of training, we offer specialist Consultation services. These can focus around internal policy and procedure relating to DA and Stalking and supporting organisations to ensure compliance with legal requirements and best practice.
We provide Police forces' with guidance and support to complete work needed ahead of HMICFRS inspections in the areas of Vulnerability, Domestic abuse and Stalking.
Please feel free to send us an email and we can discuss what support your organisation requires and any packages can then be tailored to your needs.