The Mankind Initiative is the principal, expert and specialist charity in the UK focusing on male victims of domestic abuse. The charity collaborates and works in close partnership with other organisations and practitioners to support these victims too.

They were the first in Great Britain to support male victims. Their expertise derives from directly supporting male victims since 2001, their qualified professionals who manage the charity and our board which also consists of the UK’s leading academics and survivors.

Their three main activities are based on:

• Direct support to male victims through a national helpline funded by donations (over 2,000 calls per year)
• Support for organisations and practitioners who want to better recognise, support and understand male victims. This is through our specialist training, consultancy and support service, MIDASS and the national community and information network for practitioners that we created, own and manage, MDAN
• Giving male victims a voice by engaging with stakeholders such as the government, statutory agencies, politicians, academia and the media.

Their aim is to ensure all male victims of domestic abuse (and their children) are supported to enable them to escape from the situation they are in. They are gender inclusive in their view so we want all female victims (and their children) to escape too.