H.O.P.E Training & Leadership C.I.C.
Training Programme Outlines for Heddlu Dyfed Powys Police
Section 1 — Programme Learning Outcomes
- Cultural Competency
Duration: ½ day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define cultural competency and explain why it matters to safe, effective practice with diverse communities.
- Recognise how unconscious bias, assumption and cultural blindness can compromise risk assessment and service delivery.
- Identify culturally specific barriers that can prevent victims/survivors from disclosing abuse or seeking help.
| Training titile | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| Cultural Competency Training | Meena Kumari | Friday – 9th October 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/a4nHnQdG |
| Cultural Competency Training | Meena Kumari | Monday – 2nd November 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/a4nHnQdG |
| Cultural Competency Training | Meena Kumari | Wednesday – 9th December 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/a4nHnQdG |
| Cultural Competency Training | Meena Kumari | Thursday – 7th January 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/a4nHnQdG |
| Cultural Competency Training | Meena Kumari | Thursday – 4th February 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/a4nHnQdG |
| Cultural Competency Training | Meena Kumari | Tuesday – 2nd March 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/a4nHnQdG |
- Forced Marriage Protection Orders (FMPOs) & Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Orders
Duration: ½ day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Explain the legal framework, purpose and scope of Forced Marriage Protection Orders and FGM Protection Orders.
- Identify the warning signs and risk indicators associated with forced marriage and FGM.
- Understand the process for applying for, granting and enforcing protection orders, including the role of the police and courts.
- Describe multi-agency roles and responsibilities, including safeguarding referral pathways.
- Apply learning to real-world case scenarios, informed by direct operational policing experience.
| Training titile | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| FMPOs & FGM Protection Orders | Mindy Mahil | Tuesday – 13th October 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/tyirXZ5D |
| FMPOs & FGM Protection Orders | Mindy Mahil | Monday – 16th November 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/tyirXZ5D |
| FMPOs & FGM Protection Orders | Mindy Mahil | Thursday – 10th December 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/tyirXZ5D |
| FMPOs & FGM Protection Orders | Mindy Mahil | Friday – 15th January 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/tyirXZ5D |
| FMPOs & FGM Protection Orders | Mindy Mahil | Friday – 12th February 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/tyirXZ5D |
| FMPOs & FGM Protection Orders | Mindy Mahil | Monday – 15th March 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/tyirXZ5D |
- Working & Engaging with Honour-Based Abuse (HBA) Perpetrators
Duration: ½ day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define honour-based abuse and describe the range of behaviours and family/community dynamics involved.
- Understand the principles of safe, effective engagement with perpetrators of HBA.
- Identify the risks, boundaries and safeguarding considerations specific to perpetrator-facing work in HBA contexts.
| Training title | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| Working & Engaging with HBA Perpetrators | Meena Kumari | Thursday – 29th October 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/OEQ5FEbk |
| Working & Engaging with HBA Perpetrators | Sarah Wigley | Wednesday – 2nd December 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/OEQ5FEbk |
| Working & Engaging with HBA Perpetrators | Meena Kumari | Monday – 21st December 2026 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/OEQ5FEbk |
| Working & Engaging with HBA Perpetrators | Sarah Wigley | Tuesday – 26th January 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/OEQ5FEbk |
| Working & Engaging with HBA Perpetrators | Sarah Wigley | Wednesday – 24th February 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/OEQ5FEbk |
| Working & Engaging with HBA Perpetrators | Sarah Wigley | Friday – 2nd April 2027 – 9.30 am – 12:30 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/OEQ5FEbk |
- Anti-Racist Practice
Duration: Full day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice, and explain why the distinction matters.
- Recognise structural and institutional racism and its impact on service users and the workforce.
- Critically reflect on privilege and bias, and their influence on practice.
- Apply anti-racist principles to policy, casework and organisational decision-making.
- Develop a personal action plan for embedding anti-racist practice in day-to-day work.
| Training title | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| Anti-Racist Practice Training | Meena Kumari | Thursday – 26th November 2026 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/jVUfd0Ab |
| Anti-Racist Practice Training | Meena Kumari | Monday – 7th December 2026 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/jVUfd0Ab |
| Anti-Racist Practice Training | Meena Kumari | Wednesday – 20th January 2027 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/jVUfd0Ab |
| Anti-Racist Practice Training | Meena Kumari | Tuesday – 23rd February 2027 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/jVUfd0Ab |
| Anti-Racist Practice Training | Meena Kumari | Monday – 22nd March 2027 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/jVUfd0Ab |
- Module 1: Understanding And Responding To Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
Duration: Full day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognise the insidious nature of domestic abuse and the benefits of mapping the sometimes invisible elements of coercion and control.
- Describe the prevalence of domestic abuse and relevant statistics.
- Demonstrate increased confidence in being professionally curious and asking about domestic abuse in ways that make it easier and safer for people to disclose.
- Explain victims’ responses to domestic abuse, including why they may stay in an abusive relationship and the implications this has for professional practice.
- Explore the additional impacts of domestic abuse on people from marginalised groups, including adults with care and support needs, older people, LGBT+ people and minority communities, and consider how their “space for action” may be impacted.
- Explain the links between pregnancy and domestic abuse and the potential impacts on children, both pre-birth and at different stages of development.
- Recognise their professional responsibility for positively supporting children’s resilience, including understanding key principles of recovery from trauma.
- Recognise the importance of a multi-agency approach and understand the roles of different agencies in relation to risk identification and management.
- Identify how and when to refer to appropriate local and national specialist services, including services for victims and perpetrators
| Training title | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| Module 1: Understanding And Responding To Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control | Sarah Wigley | Monday – 19th October 2026 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/sYnriFBv |
- Module 2: Working with Domestic Abuse within the context of Multi Agency Working – promoting critically reflective practice
Duration: Full day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Explain the importance of early risk identification, intervention and prevention within a family context.
- Apply a holistic approach that considers individual members of the family, including the parenting choices and behaviours of the abusive adult, whilst also recognising the context in which survivors make decisions.
- Explain the importance of evidencing professional concerns to support an informed multi-agency response, whilst recognising competing agendas and the contradictory messages that can sometimes be delivered by services working across domestic abuse, child protection and safeguarding.
- Assess risk and consider appropriate safety planning for victims and children, whilst keeping the perpetrator’s behaviour in view.
- Use the DASH risk assessment tool to assess risk for adult victims/survivors, whilst also identifying safety needs and concerns for children within the family.
- Identify the range and pattern of behaviours used by a perpetrator to maintain or regain control over a partner, ex-partner or family member, including patterns of power and coercive control.
- Recognise the potential for professionals to inadvertently collude with a perpetrator and explain the impact this may have on victims/survivors and children.
- Understand how to hold abusive behaviour in plain sight within a number of professional roles
| Training title | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| Module 2: Working with Domestic Abuse within the context of Multi-Agency Working | Sarah Wigley | Wednesday – 16th December 2026 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/MehYDRwj |
- Module 3: Understanding and working with Perpetrators of domestic abuse
Duration: Full day
Learning outcomes — by the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of the challenges posed by perpetrators when assessing domestic abuse.
- Identify different patterns and typologies of abusive behaviour, their possible motivations, safe and unsafe interventions, and the potential implications for children.
- Identify who is doing what to whom, within the context of domestic abuse, and assess the consequences and impact of those behaviours.
- Recognise perpetrator tactics and how these may increase the risk of professionals inadvertently colluding with the perpetrator.
- Demonstrate increased confidence in identifying effective working practices when seeking to engage perpetrators of domestic abuse.
- Apply practical approaches to working with denial and shame whilst promoting responsibility and accountability for abusive behaviour.
- Recognise the importance of continually monitoring risk and keeping the safety of victims/survivors and children at the centre of practice.
- Identify appropriate local and national specialist services for victims/survivors and perpetrators, and understand how to access or refer to these services
| Training title | Trainer | Confirmed Date | Link |
| Module 3: Understanding And Working With Perpetrators | Sarah Wigley | Wednesday – 17th February 2027 – 9.30 am – 4:00 pm | https://form.typeform.com/to/jmrqc0zI |