⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of domestic abuse and violence.
This episode shares a powerful domestic abuse survivor story and explores the realities of domestic violence and support for survivors in the UK.
In this powerful and deeply moving episode, I sit down with Deborah Jones, founder and CEO of Resolute Women’s Support Services, a charity dedicated to supporting women affected by domestic abuse and violence across the UK.
Deborah’s journey is one of extraordinary strength.
After surviving ten years of domestic abuse, she rebuilt her life with her two children and began the long process of healing. During that journey, Deborah discovered something deeply troubling - the systems designed to protect victims were often failing the very women they were meant to help!
Rather than staying silent, Deborah turned her lived experience into action.
In 2021, she founded Resolute Women’s Support Services to provide trauma-informed, survivor-led support for women navigating life after abuse.
Today, the charity offers counselling, EMDR therapy, holistic support, advocacy through the criminal justice system, and compassionate services led by people with lived experience.
But Deborah’s work goes even further.
Driven by her own experience, she launched a campaign called Tag & App, calling for a national GPS proximity tagging system for domestic abuse perpetrators, technology designed to alert victims if an offender comes within a restricted distance, providing an additional layer of protection that could help prevent further harm and ultimately save lives.
At the time this episode is released, this campaign has reached a historic moment, with the proposal being expected to be announced in the media publicly by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.
In this conversation, we discuss:
✨ Deborah’s personal story of surviving domestic abuse
✨ The realities many survivors face when seeking help
✨ The gaps that still exist within the systems designed to protect victims
✨ Why survivor-led services are so important
✨ The work Resolute Women’s Support Services is doing to support women across the UK
✨ The campaign pushing for a national GPS proximity tagging system
✨ What real change in protecting women could look like
This conversation is raw, courageous and incredibly important.
Deborah’s story is a powerful reminder that even after the darkest chapters, one person’s courage can spark change that protects countless others.
If this episode moves you, please consider sharing it, because awareness, conversation and action are how real change begins!!
Resources & Links
Resolute Women’s Support Services
Support, advocacy, counselling and survivor-led services for women affected by domestic abuse.
https://www.resolutesupport.uk/
Kulpa Cloud
Technology designed to alert victims if a domestic abuse perpetrator enters a restricted proximity zone.
https://www.kulpacloud.com/
Support Resources
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, confidential help is available:
National Domestic Abuse Helpline
📞 0808 2000 247
https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
Refuge
https://www.refuge.org.uk/
