Events

Beauty Brands Support Event for Domestic Abuse Survivors

DAFNI and MissBeez partner with Hestia to host event with survivors of domestic abuse With International Women’s Day (8th March) just around the corner, we were so excited to be part of a day bringing together some of Hestia’s service users in an event all about Celebrating YOU: Strength, Beauty and Survival. Attendees on the

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Lessons from Duluth and Beyond: Hestia hosts Conference at London Met Uni

Lessons from Duluth and Beyond: Hestia hosts Conference at London Met Uni

On Tuesday 6th June, Hestia and London Metropolitan University hosted an event featuring two representatives from leading domestic abuse prevention organisations in the United States, looking at the lessons learned from Community Coordinated Response (CCR) and perpetrator programmes. CCR to domestic abuse originated in the early 1980s in Duluth, Minnesota with the twin aims of centering victim

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‘Groomed’ play at Soho Theatre explores childhood sexual abuse

'Groomed' play explores childhood sexual abuse - at Soho Theatre

UK SAYS NO MORE partner Mankind Counselling and Ingenious Purpose present Groomed – a bold and provocative theatre, telling gripping stories with a complexity of emotions. Groomed tackles the subject of abuse through the stories of a betrayed schoolboy, a Japanese schoolboy, and the inventor of the saxophone in a revealing and profoundly human narrative. Now

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Review: ‘A Lie of the Mind’ at Southwark Playhouse

Exploring the values of the family unit after a violent and broken marriage, Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind makes a striking and powerful return to stage. Director James Hillier takes the audience into the 1980’s American mid-west as Beth (Alexandra Dowling) returns to her family in secluded Montana to recover from a violent attack

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Safer Poole Partnership International Women’s Day Conference

Safer Poole Partnership mark International Women’s Day with a conference on coercive control and domestic abuse  This year, the Safer Poole Partnership in association with Bournemouth University, and supported by AFC Bournemouth will mark International Women’s Day with a conference on the theme of coercive control and domestic abuse. Conference details: The conference will take place on

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Solace Women’s Aid Rock Against Violence Music Event

Solace Women's Aid Rock Against Violence Music Event

Solace Women’s Aid annual flagship music event, Rock Against Violence, is back for its 5th year with a night of fun, entertainment and charity. We are pleased to announce that Rock Against Violence 2016 is back for a 5th year! The concert will take place on 10 November at the O2 Academy in Islington and

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National Conference on male victims of domestic abuse

Our campaign partner Mankind Initiative are holding this year’s National Conference on male victims of domestic abuse, on November 16th in Walsall, Birmingham. Find out more from them: ‘Surviving Domestic Abuse: Experiences, Services and Solutions’ | 16 November 2016 (Walsall Football Club, Birmingham) One in every six men in Britain will suffer from domestic abuse in their

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Women Rise: Haringey Community Project

Women Rise is a community project that gives local women the chance to debate and learn about the issue of safety of women in Haringey through exciting Women Rise events that will involve actors, theatre and debate. The new project from our campaign partner Jacksons Lane gives women in Haringey increased confidence. Local service providers for women will

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Tech VS Abuse: How Can Tech Help Address Domestic Abuse

              Comic Relief are running a very exciting research project around the role of technology in domestic abuse, to see where technology could help and for examples of what is already out there. The event is for people who have experienced domestic violence and are also interested in hearing from

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NatWest marks ‘No More Week’ by opening Safe Spaces for economic and domestic abuse victims

6 March 2024 NatWest Group is announcing that starting this week it will offer Safe Spaces to people experiencing economic and domestic abuse in over 360 branches across the UK including NatWest, Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland branches.  Safe Spaces, part of Hestia’s UK Says No More campaign, are designated locations which anyone ...

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Nationwide – the UK’s biggest branch network – joins Hestia’s Safe Spaces

Nationwide – the largest branch network of any UK banking brand -– will offer Hestia’s Safe Spaces scheme to people experiencing domestic abuse across more than 400 branches across the UK. A recent poll by Nationwide shows almost half (48%) the population have experienced, or know someone who has experienced domestic abuse, with almost one ...

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Hestia and UK Says No More respond to national domestic abuse ‘flee fund’

The Home Office has announced that from 31 January 2024, victims of domestic abuse who do not have the financial means to leave their abusers will be able to apply for a one-off payment of up to £500 for essential items to help them and their children flee to safety. For the first time, victims ...

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