Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnerships Conference –
The Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children
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Date and Location:
Date:
21st April 2026
Time:
09:00 – 16:30
Venue
The Fleet, Italian Community Association
Fleet Way, Peterborough PE2 8DL
Our Speaker Contributors Include:
Dr Emma Katz
Dr Emma Katz is among the world’s leading academic experts on how coercive control harms children and mother-child relationships, and how these harms can be overcome. Dr Katz is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Edge Hill University in the UK. Her work has helped to shape understandings of coercive control globally. Her book Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives is the first academic book to focus on children and coercive control. Emma also brings her research to the public in an accessible way on her Substack platform Decoding Coercive Control with Dr Emma Katz, where she writes regular, bestselling articles that are read by tens of thousands of people in more than 10 countries around the world.
Luke Hart
Luke Hart shares his family’s story of coercive control and domestic homicide. In 2017 he released his book, Remembered Forever, and set up the organization, CoCoAwareness, to increase the awareness of coercive control. So far, he has spoken at over 20 countries and trained tens of thousands of professionals in identifying, understanding, and ending domestic abuse. Luke is a White Ribbon Ambassadors and Refuge Champion speaking out against male violence towards women and children. He has also worked with the charity Level Up to produce and advocate for the acceptance of domestic homicide reporting guidelines and has received a number of awards for his work in raising awareness – including the Lincolnshire Police Outstanding Contribution to Public Service 2018/2019, BBC Inspirations 2020 award and the Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers of 2020.
Katie Mouldallal
Katie will be speaking from her own experience of domestic abuse
Amanda Geraghty
Mandy began working in the domestic abuse sector in 2004 for the Probation Service. Her first role was facilitating Perpetrator Programmes in Prisons and the Community. Mandy spent the next 14 years at Probation in various roles, all focussing on domestic abuse. During this time Mandy wrote victim and Perpetrator Programmes, policies on domestic abuse, and ended her career with Probation as Deputy Director for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. Mandy then progressed into the third sector working for Refuge in Cambridgeshire and then moved on to oversee several VAWG services in London. Mandy is now the CEO at Peterborough Women’s Aid. PWA deliver services including refuge accommodation, group work, outreach, children and young people’s work and specialist community projects.
Conference Programme
09.00 – Arrival and Registration
09.30 – Welcome
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnerships
09.45 – Understanding coercive control and its impacts on children
Dr Emma Katz
11.00 – Comfort Break and networking
11.30 – Lived Experience
Luke Hart
12:30 – Lunch and networking
13.30 – Lived Experience
Katie Mouldallal
14.15 – Comfort break and networking
14.45 – The E-scape Project
Amanda Geraghty
15.45 – Plenary
16.15 – Close
*Programme subject to change without notice
150+ Attendees
Speakers and Experts
Networking opportunities
Contact and Information
Who should attend?
This conference is intended for practitioners who work for agencies across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough that support children and their families.
Pricing
The Conference is free but organisations will be charged £75 per person for staff who book a place but do not attend.
Cancellations
Cancellations must be made a minimum of 2 weeks before the conference. Substitutions will be permitted; please email to notify us of any substitutions on the contact details below.
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