Case Study
EDF Renewables
Domestic abuse-themed training and webinars
Initially investing in our community work, we went on to deliver domestic abuse-themed training and webinars for EDF Renewables staff.
From funding to training
A County Durham-based EDF Renewables wind farm had invested in our community awareness-raising work on domestic abuse, via County Durham Community Foundation (now known as Point North). As well as working with groups of young people in local schools and youth groups, this project involved holding a series of screenings in community centres of our film Make Do and Mend.
At the time, they were beginning to develop their work in regards to both EDI and Health and Wellbeing, training team members in Mental Health First Aid. The engagement of one of their engineers in our community programme led to the development of a supportive relationship where we explored how we could extend the workforce wellbeing work they had been doing to more explicitly encompass domestic abuse.
What we delivered together
Funded community screening
EDF Renewables funded a domestic abuse awareness-raising programme in 2018 that included a community screening of our film Make Do and Mend. When one of their engineers attended, he went on to communicate his enthusiasm for what we had delivered to his colleagues, setting up a relationship with the Health and Wellbeing team.
Bespoke webinar
Domestic abuse training
Later that year, EDF booked us to come back and deliver an in-person training event for their Mental Health First Aid staff, using our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace learning model to engage staff in breaking down stereotypes of who domestic abuse affects and how we can ensure our support is effective.
Outcomes
Diversification
Staff felt that our input had diversified their understanding of the breadth of people who could be affected by domestic abuse.
Proactivity
A significant majority of delegates were more likely to be more proactive about checking on the wellbeing of a colleague they were concerned about.
Insight
The majority of staff gained insight into the gendered nature of domestic abuse and the way gender stereotypes can harm both women and men.
