
Keith Fraser
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Keith Fraser
@keithfraser2017
Chair of LP_localgov - Supporting @Employ_uk @SportBirmingham @999Cenotaph @CleanSheet_UK , @SFJAwards , retired Police Superintendent, Former @_yjb chair





















We are publishing our interim report on male survivors from the Our Own Words 2026 survey. 8.5% of our 768 respondents identified as male. That is 65 men. A small number. Worth every bit of attention. The findings are difficult to read. 63% of male respondents say the police did not help them. 64% say the police made things more difficult. 72% say their perpetrator faced no accountability at all. 81% say a service made them feel less safe or caused further trauma. Only 3% felt professionals understood the full picture of risk they faced. These are not men who avoided services. These are men who sought help and were failed. The most common barrier to seeking help in the first place? Fear of not being believed. Cited by 71%. For many, that fear turned out to be well founded. This is not an argument that domestic abuse is not a gendered issue. It is. The evidence on that is clear and we stand by it. This is an argument that men are also victims, that they face specific and compounding barriers, and that right now the system is not meeting them. One respondent wrote: "Abuse is real for us men. It nearly drives me to ending my life. Police and courts need training in male victim abuse and they need to fund specialist charities like the little one I thankfully found that saved my life." That sentence contains the whole problem and the whole answer. The voluntary sector is doing what the statutory sector is not. 70% of male respondents who used voluntary or charity organisations said they helped. 73% felt heard. The contrast with statutory services is not subtle. What does this report ask for? Not new rights. Not new laws. Delivery of existing ones. Believe men when they disclose. Do a risk assessment. Do not assume the man is the perpetrator. Commission services that can reach them. Thank you to every man who trusted us with their experience. Saskia Lightburn-Ritchie and Samantha Billingham Our Own Words 2026 | MyCWA | Domestic Abuse Experts | SODA | Stronger Beginnings Take the survey at ourownwords.net @paullavellefoun @ManKindInit @PhilMitchell83 @andrewpain1974 @JonIrwinLD @CommissionerDA @mycwacharity #OurOwnWords2026 #DomesticAbuse #MaleSurvivors #SurvivorLed #VAWG #DASupport

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