The Stay Group takes care of people who have been confronted with domestic violence, especially in North Holland and Flevoland. Stay Group believes that violence in the home must stop. Aid is also organized and the Stay Group ensures that people who are confronted with violence receive safe shelter. The Stay Group was founded in Amsterdam and also works in that city and in the rest of the province of North Holland. Flevoland is also part of the working area of Jouw Groep.
Shelter after domestic violence
- Stay Group
- Values Stay Group
- Organization
- Domestic violence
- Domestic violence in the Netherlands
- Stay Group figures
- Orange House approach
- Accessibility of Jouw Groep
- Week Without Violence
Stay Group
The Stay Group organizes help for people who experience violence in the home. First of all, the Stay Group focuses on the safety of the people involved. A solution will then be looked at. Stay Group was founded in Amsterdam in 1974. The working area of the Jouw Groep is North Holland (including Amsterdam) and Flevoland.
Vision Stay Group
Domestic violence must stop, is the vision of Jouw Groep. This is only feasible if everyone participates.
What the Stay Group can do:
- Start offering help and support immediately
- Search for possibilities
- Bringing out the story behind the story
- Available seven days a week, around the clock
- Everyone who is needed is involved in the case
Values Stay Group
Stay Group works according to the following values:
- Brave
- Respectful
- Flexible
- Profitable
Brave
The employees are professional, powerful and courageous. They do not avoid confrontations.
Respectful
The employees respect everyone they work with.
Flexible
The employees adapt the working method to the situation.
Profitable
Stay Group looks for a fair price/quality ratio and has an eye for efficiency, market orientation and optimal reach.
Source: Stay
Organization
Stay Group is a foundation. Municipalities and contributions from funds, companies and private individuals finance the work.
Domestic violence
Domestic violence is committed by an acquaintance, someone from the home or family circle. There is a relationship between those involved: they are family members, (ex-)partners or there is a parent-child relationship.
Physical violence and psychological abuse
Domestic violence does not only involve physical violence. It also includes psychological abuse, humiliation and excessive control. Traditional practices such as circumcision are also considered domestic violence.
Domestic violence in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, approximately 200,000 people are victims of serious domestic violence every year. About 45 percent of adult Dutch people have ever been victims of some form of physical, sexual or psychological violence in the home.
The police receive more than 63,000 reports every year, and these are by no means all violent incidents. Fear and shame prevent people from reporting crimes. Some figures at a glance:
- 200,000 victims annually
- 45% of adult Dutch people will be victims at least once in their lives
- 63,000 reports to the police per year
- 13,000 women go to shelter every year
- 5% of elderly people become victims
Men and women
The violence affects men and women. There are men who become victims of honour-related violence by family members. Human trafficking also affects both women and men.
Every year, approximately 13,000 women use women’s shelters in the Netherlands.
Children
Every year, more than 100,000 children in the Netherlands witness domestic violence. This violence is very drastic for the children.
Elderly
One in twenty elderly people over the age of 65 in the Netherlands is repeatedly abused. Abusers are family members or care providers.
Stay Group figures
2017:
- 3018 opinions given
- 3606 clients assisted
- 1352 outpatient programs
- 547 children cared for
- 356 section Temporary Restraining Order
Orange House approach
Stay Group developed an approach to combat domestic violence sustainably, an approach that does justice to the complexity of domestic violence. It has been called the Orange House approach. the approach is designed in such a way that clients regain control over their own lives.
Strength work
One of the methods used to help people who have experienced domestic violence to get their lives in order is Krachtwerk. Clients are guided towards an existence that is as safe and independent as possible.
Accessibility of Jouw Groep
- Domestic Violence Support Center: 0900-126 26 26
- In a life-threatening situation: call the emergency number 112 immediately
- Veilig Thuis (advice and reporting point for child abuse): 0800-2000 or www.vooreenveiligthuis.nl/.
Week Without Violence
Every year in November/December there is a national Week Without Violence. During this week, various activities are organized to raise awareness that violence in the home is unacceptable.
read more
- One Billion Rising – V-Day, resistance against abuse of women