The Safe and Together Model and the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) model represent two key approaches to improving outcomes for victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Scotland.
The MARAC and Safe and Together Integration Pilot (MSTIP) aims to explore how these two well-established responses to domestic abuse can be systematically integrated at a local level to strengthen and improve practice.
In March 2025, the Scottish Government provided funding to SafeLives and the Safe & Together Institute to support two local authority areas to pilot the MSTIP between July and December 2025. In addition, the Scottish Government provided funding to the Improvement Service to provide evaluation support and generate learning on the progress being made to embed the Safe & Together principles, concepts and tools within the MARAC process.
The evaluation aimed to understand whether, as a result of the pilot, local MARAC processes better promoted actions which achieved the core principles of Safe & Together.