James Rowlands

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James Rowlands
James Rowlands is a social worker and domestic abuse advisor. In 2005 he set up the [[Dyn Project for male victims of domestic violence in Wales. In 2007 he was Project Co-ordinator for the LGBT Consortium's Parenting Project.[1]

He was included under "Unsung heroes" in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2008. The citation said:

"James Rowlands set up the Dyn Project in Cardiff in 2005. The project was one of Britain's first gay men's domestic violence refuges and has since set up a national helpline in Wales. Rowlands is now a domestic abuse co-ordinator in the London borough of Richmond, and co-chair of the national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Abuse forum."[2]

He worked from 2009 to 2013 for Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA).[3]

References

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  1. http://familyandparenting.web-platform.net/Filestore//Documents/PW2007/Parenting_Project_Outline_(June_2007).pdf
  2. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-iiosi-pink-list-2008-852032.html
  3. http://www.caada.org.uk/news/caada-enews-Feb2013-farewell-to-James.htm