SETDAB’s LGBTQ+ Community & Domestic Abuse Basic Awareness  E-learning package

SETDAB’s LGBTQ+ Community & Domestic Abuse Basic Awareness  E-learning package can be accessed, by professionals, via the  ESCA Academy partnership e-learning platform

This site is free to use for organisations across Southend, Essex & Thurrock. Please visit the site and register your details. The e-learning package covers the following learning outcomes:

• To have an understanding of the prevalence and complexities of domestic abuse in the LGBTQ+ community.
• Increased understanding of the differences in domestic abuse experienced by LGBTQ+ victims.
• To have an understanding of the barriers to accessing support for LGBTQ+ victims.
• Improve confidence for professionals working with LGBTQ+ victims.
• To have an understanding of how to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community.

As of October 2025, we have moved to a new learning platform so you will need to set a new account up to access this course; this is a quick process.

You can access the training by registering/logging on here.

Update 10th Nov 2025 – we are aware that YouTube videos are not playing – this is a platform wide issue that the developers are looking into.  In the meantime if you complete a course, the system may not recognise this as the videos were not launched; to get your completion certificate email us and we will issue you one: domestic.abuseessex@essex.gov.uk