Events

Jacksons Lane & Keats House: OMG Keats! 16

Jacksons Lane & Keat's House: OMG Keats! 16

31 JUL 2016: OMG Keats! 16 Monumental Mash-Up Come and chill in the relaxed garden setting of Keats House (bring a blanket if you like!) and experience amazing spoken word, poetry, theatre, circus, music, and dance pieces by young artists. A one-off summer event not to be missed! ​Refreshments will be provided on the day. The event is free

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AVA’s Training Programme for Practitioners

AVA Training

Are you a practitioner working with people affected by Violence Against Women and Girls? Our campaign partner AVA has a training programme including one day courses,  longer OCN accredited courses, seminars and conferences. Upcoming training: 22nd July 2016 | Community Groups Programme (3-day training) Development House, London Community Group programmes are for children, young people & their mothers

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Solace Women’s Aid in the National Lottery Awards final!

Solace Women’s Aid’s Silver Project is through to the finals of this year’s National Lottery Awards and needs your vote to win. The Awards are an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects, and they recognise and celebrate the difference that Lottery-funded projects make to communities across the UK. Solace Women’s Aid’s Silver

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The JAM Network – Stop the Traffik

  The JAM Network – Stop the Traffik You are invited to the official LAUNCH of The Jam Network. The JAM Network are celebrating with an arts evening featuring artists who are offering a myriad of performances in raising awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery in London. Line-up: ANNA Nadine The Natashas Project …and more

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Stand Up 4 Women: Solace Women’s Aid Comedy Nights

STAND UP 4 WOMEN – In aid of Solace Women’s Aid. 2 WEEKS; 5 NIGHTS; 50 FUNNY WOMEN Over the course of two weeks, there will be five fabulous comedy nights which will feature over 50 women in order to raise money in aid of Solace Women’s Aid. All these women are empowered and of

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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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