Director’s Blog – Lisa Charlotte Davis
This clip is from the film of our play Make Do and Mend – a verbatim script crafted by Rachel Adamson-Brown from interviews with domestic abuse survivors who were receiving support from the Just for Women Centre in Stanley, County Durham (Linda Kirk).
Nadia describes the moment that her boss called her in to check if she was ok and commented on the warning signs she’d noticed that indicated that Nadia could be experiencing domestic abuse. This comes immediately after Nadia recollecting various friends and neighbours admitting that they had overheard things but not wanted to say anything or get involved.
Nadia was clearly hugely touched that someone had been caring enough to Speak Up. And I think it’s really powerful to see this happening as a workplace conversation. This is the duty of care in action!
If you’d be interested to get a bit more of a glimpse of Make Do and Mend, have a watch of our trailer on You Tube.
We can offer live training or webinars built around this content to support you embed domestic abuse into your staff duty of care. Get in touch if this is of interest – info@changingrelations.co.uk
Trailer created by Rupert Philbrick. Shout out to our fab cast Ellie North, Christina Berriman Dawson and Rosie Stancliffe.
