Issue - meetings

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy

Mayor, and Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Councillor Brenda

Dacres, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that the new Domestic Abuse and

Violence against Women and Girls Strategy for Lewisham, 2021-26 be

approved

The Mayor drew attention to the death of Sabina Nessa a Teacher at nearby

Rushey Green Primary School. He had attended a private service at the

school where she had been universally remembered as a kind and wonderful

individual. He found it sad that even in 2021 women continued to be victims

and he promoted the Strategy as an important preventative measure.

The Deputy Mayor said the timeliness of the strategy was apt and that the

killing of Sabina Nessa was the latest in a series of recent high profilr attacks

on women. The Strategy she was supporting would tackle impacts with a

holistic and multi agency approach building on the strong existing

partnerships in Lewisham.

The Strategy was further supported by Councillors Barnham, Bonavia and

Best and agreed unanimously by all present.

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy

Mayor, and Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Councillor Brenda

Dacres, the Mayor and Cabinet:

RESOLVED that the new Domestic Abuse and Violence against Women and

Girls Strategy for Lewisham, 2021-26 be approved