Lucy McDonald

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Domestic Abuse Matters: Thousands of Police Scotland officers trained to spot the early warning signs

7th October 2019

Lucy McDonald, SafeLives’ Programme Lead for Scotland

Innovation: Domestic homicides in the UK have reached a five-year high. Lucy McDonald, SafeLives’ Programme Lead for Scotland, highlights the organisation's groundbreaking work with Police Scotland to train its officers to recognise the early warning signs of domestic abuse and safeguard victims earlier.

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Lucy has a background in psychology and first started working with children who had lived with domestic abuse in 2002, before moving to roles in refuge and advocacy. She began working with SafeLives in 2006, and now oversees SafeLives’ work in Scotland, including Whole Lives and the Marac Development Programme. She leads the Domestic Abuse Matters Scotland Change Programme with Police Scotland, and a variety of training programmes across the country. Her passion is to create consistent and effective approaches to domestic abuse.